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Tintype of a middle-aged officer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05131.18 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.6 cm, Width: 8.4 cm Order a Copy

Three-quarter length seated portrait of a middle-aged officer. Buttons and epaulets painted gold, pants and flag tinted with dry pigment. Soldier's hat lies on nearby table. Ruby glass. CASE: Union case with geometric pattern in center surrounded by vines. (See Clifford & Michele Krainik, Union Cases, #322.) Case thickness 2.4 cm.

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