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Colonel Williams, full length portrait seated. [maquettte] [salt print] [1861-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0589 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 24.8 cm Order a Copy

Williams is seated facing left. He is wearing a dark coat and holds his gloves in his right hand. His left arm rests on a table beside him. The image has been touched up [painted] for rephotographing. Inscription on verso: "Col Williams 7th Pa Cav" and "Webster & Bro." Notation on recto: "1 Negative" and "4." From the Meserve Collection.

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