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Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894) As major general, vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0204 Author/Creator: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894) Place Written: New Orleans Type: Photograph Date: 1863/08/16 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.7 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Ink signature on recto "N.P. Banks." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Ink inscription on verso "Dup in album" "N. P. Banks 16 Aug. 1863." Photographers imprint on verso: "Theo. Lillenthal's Photographic Gallery, 102 Poydras St., N.O."

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