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Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886) Carte de visite of Brigadier General W.F. Hancock, bust portrait, wearing cavart, facing forward

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0448 Author/Creator: Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 vignette Order a Copy

Showing Hancock with a heavy face. Imprint on recto "Gen'l W. F. Hancock. Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1862 by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Graphite inscription on verso "30-." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady, Washington."

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