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Specialite Hoag & Quick's Art Palace As brigadier general, 1/2 view seated portrait facing forward

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0508 Author/Creator: Specialite Hoag & Quick's Art Palace Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.3 x 6 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Col. 8th Inf." Ink inscription on verso "August V. Kautz. Brig. Gen. and B'vt Maj. Gen. Vols. Lieut. Col. 34th Inf. and Bv't Maj. Gen. U.S.A." Photographers imprint on verso: "Specialite Hoag & Quick's Art Palace 100 4th Street Opposite P.O. Cincinnati Ohio."

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