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Marvin, P.B., fl. 1864 [Richard O. Burke, carte de visite]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.24.11 Author/Creator: Marvin, P.B., fl. 1864 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph signed Date: 1864 Pagination: 11.2 x 7.2 cm. Order a Copy

White mount. Imprint of Addis Gallery on verso, along Burke's ink inscription: "Truly your friend Richard O. Burke," and in a different hand, "Quarter Master 15th Regt. N.Y.V. Engineers, Engineer Brigade, Army of the Potomac." Half length seated portrait of Burke in military dress.

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