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Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 Carte de visite 3/4 profile, half-length portrait, by Sarony, with AQS on verso

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05596.04 Author/Creator: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 Place Written: New York Type: Photograph signed Date: 1872/09/23 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

With a short quotation from his own poetry on verso: "Truth crushed to earth shall rise again...."

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