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Valentine, Edward V. Valentine's bust of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01442.16 Author/Creator: Valentine, Edward V. Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 1866 Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 11 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

Carte de visite vignette photograph of Edward V. Valentine's bust of James Ewell Brown Stuart, with Valentine's copyright notice dated 1866. Remnants of tax stamp on verso.

Valentine, Edward Virginius, 1838-1930
Stuart, James Ewell Brown, 1833-1864

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