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Ward, John Quincy Adams (1830-1910) Dr. Edward Ruggles, Brooklyn 1857

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.072 Author/Creator: Ward, John Quincy Adams (1830-1910) Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Sketch Date: 1857 Pagination: 1 p. ; 29 cm x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy

Sketch of a man working at a sewing machine. Iron gall ink; wove paper glued at back corners to heavy backing.

Ruggles was a physician who gave up his practice to pursue landscape painting.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Ruggles, Edward, 1817-1867

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