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Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894) As major general, seated facing left

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0207 Author/Creator: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894) Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 8.9 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Gen Banks." Photographers imprint on verso: "M.B.Brady & Co. National Photographic Portrait Galleries No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C. & New York." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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