Furniture, Works of Art, Carpets & Clocks - 16th January 2025
Lot 1088
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR INTEREST: A CARICATURE WALKING STICK
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £227
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Description
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR INTEREST: A CARICATURE WALKING STICK
DATED '3 JULY 1863', MID / LATE 19TH CENTURY
the horn handle carved as a naked Robert E. Lee slightly bent over, standing above a shield inscribed 'GEN LEE GOING SOUTH' and '3 JULY 1863', on an ebonised hawthorn shaft with a brass ferrule
100.5cm long
Catalogue Note
On 3 July 1863, was the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg during which Union troops repelled a huge Confederate artillery attack on Cemetery Ridge.