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Unknown Engraving of Horace Wells

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0828 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Signed Date: circa 1850 Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; Order a Copy

One engraving of Horace Wells dated circa 1850. Bust portrait of Wells.

Wells, Horace, 1815-1848

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