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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Rush C. Hawkins, as Zouave colonel, standing full-length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1005 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.4 cm, Width: 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "Col. R. C. Hawkins, 9th Reg't. Zouaves. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1861, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. From Photographic Negative, from Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

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