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Whipple, John Adams (1822-1891) [R.W. Emerson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05141 Author/Creator: Whipple, John Adams (1822-1891) Place Written: Boston Type: Photograph signed Date: 1860 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.6 x 6.3 cm. Order a Copy

Carte de visite bust portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Note by previous owner on verso: "1803-1882 t[aken] @ [age] 58 = 1861."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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