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Unidentified rear admiral, seated 3/4 length portrait with hat in lap

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0968 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.5 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso ".05." Photographers imprint on verso: "Alex. Gardner. Photographer to the Army of the Potomac. Galleries 511 Seventh Street and 332 Pennsylvania Av. Published by Philp & Solomons. Washington, D. C."

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