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Unknown Engraving of Seba Smith

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0314.02 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: circa 1840 Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; Order a Copy

One undated engraving of Seba Smith. Portrait of Smith at a desk writing on paper. Engraving is signed by the subject with a note that his alias is Major Jack Downing.

Smith, Seba, 1792-1868

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