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Brig. General E.B. Brown, 1/2 length portrait seated. [maquettte] [salt print] [1861-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0587 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 21.6 x 29.9 cm Order a Copy

The image is attached to a folded cover which has an oval cut out to display the portrait and has been painted for rephotographing. Inscription on cover: "Brg. Gen. E.B. Brown. 1816-" Inscription on verso: "Brig Genl EB Brown US Vols Missouri born 1816-" From the Meserve Collection.

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