Lot #2522: JACOB IRA MUMPER - Warren's Statue, Little Round Top - Original vintage albumen print

   

Artist: Jacob Ira Mumper (American, 1867-1923).
Title: "Warren's Statue, Little Round Top".
Medium: Original vintage albumen print.
Date: Composed c1895. Printed c1895.
Dimensions: Image size: 3 7/8 x 5 9/16 in. (98 x 141 mm).
Lot Note(s): Titled in the negative. J.I. Mumper studio stamp, verso. Good to very good condition; on original mount. Comment(s): Levi Mumper (1843-1916) opened a photographic gallery in Gettysburg c.1864. His imprints generally read, "L. Mumper" or "Mumper & Co.". He moved to Littlestown, PA in 1869, returning to his former Gettysburg studio in 1874. Most of Levi's battlefield scenes appear to have been taken beginning in the mid-1870s. He sold the photographic business to his son Jacob Ira Mumper (1867-1923) c.1895. Jacob continued the business, using a predominant imprint of "J.I. Mumper", until 1911, when it was taken over by Jacob's brother Clyde (1879-1967). Clyde and another brother, John A. (1874-1957) operated the business until it was closed in 1948, using the major imprint "Mumper Studios". [24051-1-200]