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Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910 [Officer standing on canon waving a sword and a dead horse lying below him]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.018 Author/Creator: Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910 Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketch Date: circa 1890 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 14.2 cm Order a Copy

Similar rough sketches appear below the inking and on reverse side. Black ink over charcoal; laid paper with printed address.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

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