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Yates, Richard, 1815-1873 Carte de visite half length profile portrait by Brady, published by Anthony

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05596.22 Author/Creator: Yates, Richard, 1815-1873 Place Written: New York Type: Photograph signed Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

(Autograph also available in GLC 4224, autograph album.)

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