Letters, 1868 Feb. 11-April 16, New York, to Louis Prang.

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Letters, 1868 Feb. 11-April 16, New York, to Louis Prang.

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Concerning his painting "Boyhood of Lincoln," and Prang's suggestions for altering it to produce the most attractive chromolithograph of it.

3 items, in folder ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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