Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869) Salt print portrait of Pierce, oval, mounted on lined paper
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05247 Author/Creator: Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869) Place Written: [Washington?] Type: Photograph Date: 1850 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 39 x 25 cm Order a Copy
Depicts as a middle-aged man with a little gray hair at the side-burns. The photograph is mounted on lined paper which has slightly cockled. (Actual image size: 19 x13.5 cm) (Per Peter Mustardo, this appears to be a copy of a daguerreotype from the National Portrait Gallery.)
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