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Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910 [Man with his feet up on a table covered with books]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.047 Author/Creator: Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910 Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketch Date: 2 August 1859 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Wearing a top hat and smoking a pipe. Graphite. Inscription reads, "Crawfords [illegible]."

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

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