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D'Utassy Corneilis Vanderbilt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05151 Author/Creator: D'Utassy Place Written: New York Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.2 x 6.2 cm. Order a Copy

Three quarter length portrait. Signed on verso. Imprint: "D'Utassy's, formerly (Johnson, Williams & Co.)"

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899

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