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Ambrotype of a Zouave sergeant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05131.22 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 9.4 x 8.1 cm Order a Copy

Full length, seated portrait of Zouave sergeant with goatee. Trim on jacket and pants, sash and fez have been painted red. CASE: Stamped paper on wood. Case thickness 1.9 cm.

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