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Unknown [Daguerrotype of Richard W. Jeffery]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.176 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1854 Pagination: 1 silverplate : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm. Order a Copy

Uncased daguerreotype of a man [probably Richard W. Jeffery] sitting and holding a walking stick. Half length portrait, with severe eroision of image.

Jeffery, Richard Woodlief, 1815-1882

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