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Red Gall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0940 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 12.1 cm, Width: 9.5 cm Order a Copy

Image of a man posing with his cheek resting on his right fist, and his right elbow resting on his right knee. His left hand is resting on his left thigh. There are penciled in completions of those sections of his arms which have been cropped from the image. Inscription on verso: "'Red Gall' (The Great South)."

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