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Unidentified older man in civilian dress, bust portrait. [maquettte] [salt print]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0583 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 20.3 x 26.7 cm Order a Copy

Portrait of a man, facing left, in civilian dress with chin length grey hair and a frowning expression. The image has been touched up [painted] for rephotographing. From the Meserve Collection.

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