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Unidentified 1st lieutenant, seated 1/2 length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1156 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Subject is wearing white gloves and is holding his sword in his left hand. A forage cap with insignia signifying artillery rests on a table. Imprint on recto "Brady New York." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street. New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington, D.C."

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