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McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897 Confederate salt print portrait, full length seated portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05888.01 Author/Creator: McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1863 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 24.6 cm Order a Copy

With manuscript inscription on verso.

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