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Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869 David Rittenhouse

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.2072 Author/Creator: Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869 Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: 1850 Pagination: 1 print; b&w Order a Copy

One engraving of David Rittenhouse. Engraved by James Barton Longacre from an original painting by Charles Wilson Peale. Includes his signature.

Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796

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