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Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896 [Signed portrait of seated William T. Sherman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02138 Author/Creator: Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph signed Date: 15 April 1890 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 62 x 49 cm. Order a Copy

Seated portrait of Sherman holding sword and ceremonial hat. Inscribed and dated by Sherman on the mount to Frederic G. Huntington, Cincinnati, Ohio, a few years before his death.

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