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Warren's Portraits Carte de visite half length standing portrait of James R. Lowell by Warren

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05596.14 Author/Creator: Warren's Portraits Place Written: Cambridgeport, Massachusetts Type: Photograph signed Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Shows the poet standing with his hand draped over the top of a chair, holding his hat, and wearing a substantial beard.

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