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P.E. Gibbs Richard [Ambrotype of Edward R. Archer]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.175 Author/Creator: P.E. Gibbs Richard Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1854 Pagination: 1 glassplate : tinted ; 12 x 10 cm. Order a Copy

Cased image of a sailor [probably Edward R. Archer] sitting and holding his cap. Half-length portrait in full, broken case. Stamped in matte: "AMBROTYYPE BY P.E. GIBBS RICHD" and "PATENT JULY 4 & 11 1854".

Archer, Edward Richard, 1834-1918

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