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Unidentified Cadet, standing full-length portrait Napoleon pose

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1284 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Subject appears to be very young. He is wearing a forage hat and his buttons have been colored yellow.

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