RARE CIVIL WAR 5-COLOR RECRUITING POSTER FOR THE SPRAGUE LIGHT CAVALRY 16TH NEW YORK.

This is one of the rarest and largest of all Civil War broadside sheets. This recruiting poster with a 27″ x 11″ vignette of gallant Union Cavalry with an unfurled American Flag charging into the fire of a Confederate Battery with their “Stars and Bars” raised. Text is in red and blue, the vignette is red, blue, black, yellow and green. Sprague Light Cavalry became part of the 16th New York Cavalry forming just in time for the Gettysburg campaign having total losses during the war of 140 men mostly due to disease. SIZE: 41-1/2″ x 29-1/2″. PROVENANCE: Norm Flayderman Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fair-good overall, as mounted on linen. Cracks, reductions and small paper losses at folds. Two holes in vignette, largest measuring about 1″ square. This poster presents well as the finest condition broadside available. 9-93033 (3,000-4,000) – Lot 2285

Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antiques - August 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2285	$4,740.00	RARE CIVIL WAR 5-COLOR RECRUITING POSTER FOR THE SPRAGUE LIGHT CAVALRY 16TH NEW YORK. This is one of the rarest and largest of all Civil War broadside sheets. This recruiting poster with a 27″ x 11″ vignette of gallant Union Cavalry with an unfurled American Flag charging into the fire of a Confederate Battery with their “Stars and Bars” raised. Text is in red and blue, the vignette is red, blue, black, yellow and green. Sprague Light Cavalry became part of the 16th New York Cavalry forming just in time for the Gettysburg campaign having total losses during the war of 140 men mostly due to disease. SIZE: 41-1/2″ x 29-1/2″. PROVENANCE: Norm Flayderman Estate Collection. CONDITION: Fair-good overall, as mounted on linen. Cracks, reductions and small paper losses at folds. Two holes in vignette, largest measuring about 1″ square. This poster presents well as the finest condition broadside available. 9-93033 (3,000-4,000) – Lot 2285 Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antiques - August 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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RARE CIVIL WAR 5-COLOR RECRUITING POSTER FOR THE SPRAGUE LIGHT CAVALRY 16TH NEW YORK.