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Unidentified 1st lieut., seated 1/2 length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1088 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Subject is holding his sword in his lap. The image has been colored. Graphite inscription on verso "#2." Photographers imprint on verso: "G. Van Dorn, No. 241 Fulton Street, Brooklyn." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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