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Johnson, Fry & Co. [Print based on a painting of Samuel F. Du Pont]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02878.04.03 Author/Creator: Johnson, Fry & Co. Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 28.4 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Depicts Rear Admiral Du Pont in uniform, seated at a table.

Du Pont was appointed rear admiral 16 July 1862.

Johnson, Fry & Co., fl. 1858-1876
Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887

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