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Turner, A. A. (Austin Augustus), fl. 1831-1866 Salt print, full-length portrait, Nathaniel Lyon in uniform, by A. A. Turner, with carte

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06447 Author/Creator: Turner, A. A. (Austin Augustus), fl. 1831-1866 Place Written: New York Type: Header Record Date: 1861 May 17 Pagination: 1 salt print ; + 1 carte de visite. Order a Copy

Signed on mount. Handsome image. Accompanied by a carte de visite of the same image, retouched to remove the posing stand (near Lyons' right foot). A. A. Turner, photographer. Carte by D. Appleton.

Turner, A. A. (Austin Augustus), fl. 1831-1866

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