Details
FARRAGUT, Rear Admiral DAVID (1801-1870). Carte-de-visite photograph signed on verso ("D. O. Farragut"), by C.D. Fredericks & Co., New York (imprint on verso), [circa 1865]. 100 x 60 mm. (4 x 2½ in.) including margins, slightly soiled. A three-quarter-length portrait, signed on verso.
"The Civil War admiral wears what is perhaps the most glamorous naval uniform ever. He captured Fort Morgan, running the gauntlet of torpedoes with his exhortation, 'Damn the torpedoes - full speed ahead!'"--W.M.
"The Civil War admiral wears what is perhaps the most glamorous naval uniform ever. He captured Fort Morgan, running the gauntlet of torpedoes with his exhortation, 'Damn the torpedoes - full speed ahead!'"--W.M.
Provenance
The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 November 1970, lot 215).