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Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872 Vignette bust left profile portrait, as major general

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0591 Author/Creator: Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on recto "Mead." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book" "33640." Photographers imprint on verso: "Wenderoth & Taylor 912, 914 & 916 Chestnut Street Philadelphia. N.B. The negative of this picture may be puchased in which case a deduction will be made in the cost of the pictures printed of it. In ordering duplicates please send the No as above with the name." Collectors stamp on verso "...125 East 42nd St., N.Y." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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