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Banknote

1863-64 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

10 dollar bill. Included un the design is a battle scene with soldiers riding on a gun-carriage and a medallion portrait of Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Confederate Secretary of State. Lettered with value etc. and 'Keatinge & Ball, Columbia, S.C. Ptd by Evans & Cogswell'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Litho-engraving
Brief description
Keatinge & Ball. 10-dollar Confederate bill. Printed by Evans & Cogswell. America, 1863-64
Physical description
10 dollar bill. Included un the design is a battle scene with soldiers riding on a gun-carriage and a medallion portrait of Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Confederate Secretary of State. Lettered with value etc. and 'Keatinge & Ball, Columbia, S.C. Ptd by Evans & Cogswell'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.62cm
  • Width: 17.46cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
'Keatinge & Ball, Columbia, S.C. Ptd by Evans & Cogswell' (Lettered with value etc. and)
Credit line
Given by Sir Frederick Whyte, K. C. S. I.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Accession number
E.691-1955

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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