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Healy, George Peter Alexander, 1813-1894; Engraving of James K. Polk

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1259 Author/Creator: Healy, George Peter Alexander, 1813-1894; Place Written: New York, New York Type: Engraving Date: circa 1858 Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; Order a Copy

One engraving of James K. Polk dated circa 1860. Half portrait of Polk based on a painting by George Peter Alexander Healy.

Polk, James Knox, 1795-1849
Healy, George Peter Alexander, 1813-1894
Hall, H.B., fl. 1860

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