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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Oil portrait of Confederate officer Edward K. Ward

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02232.35 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Painting Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 painting Height: 61 cm, Width: 51.5 cm Order a Copy

Unsigned painting in original oval gold painted frame. Measurements given include frame.

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