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Stauffer, David M., 1845-1913 [Watercolor sketches by Stauffer, skull and church]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07713.02.16 Author/Creator: Stauffer, David M., 1845-1913 Place Written: Mannheim, Pennsyvlania Type: Document Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope. Height: 27 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

One page extracted from Stauffer's sketchbook. Consists of watercolor sketches of a Lutheran Church in Manheim, Pennsylvania and on the reverse a watercolor of a skull. Parts of the skull are identified with their names and functions.

Stauffer, David M., 1845-1913

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