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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Seated Napoleonic pose, facing right

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0175 Author/Creator: Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "President Johnson. Entered according to Act of Congress, by M.B. Brady & Co. in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the DIstrict of Columbia." Graphite inscription on verso "1865." Ink inscription on verso "Presdt. Andy Johnson." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries No 352 Pennsvlvaina Avenue, Washington D.C., and Broadway & Tenth St. N.Y."

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