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Ambrotype of a young first lieutenant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05131.06 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 12.6 cm, Width: 10.3 cm Order a Copy

Three-quarter length standing portrait of a young, clean-shaven first lieutenant wearing a sword. CASE: Union case possibly depicting a painting of The Capture of John Andre [?]. Case made by "F. Goll." (See Clifford & Michele Krainik, Union Cases, #18.) Case Thickness 2.3 cm.

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