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DAVENPORT, Ira Erastus (1839–1911). PENCIL SKETCH PORTRAIT BY IRA DAVENPORT OF THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS. 1862. Attractive and detailed bust portrait of a man with mutton chops and unkempt hair with a scarf tied around his neck, within a double-ruled border, the corners with floral ornaments. On stiff card, 6¾ × 5½". Initialed “I.E.D. 1862,” initialed again in the lower right corner, and bearing the penciled caption, “drawn by Ira E Davenport Chicago April 1862.” Dated again on the verso. The only example of a sketch by Davenport with which we are acquainted. RARE.