William Greenleaf Eliot [photograph], [ca. 1850].

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William Greenleaf Eliot [photograph], [ca. 1850].

Sixth-plate, hand-colored daguerreotype in leather case of William Greenleaf Eliot (1811-1887), ca. 1850. The photographer is unknown.

1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w, hand-colored ; visible oval image 7 x 6 cm. (sixth-plate), in case 9 1/2 x 8 cm.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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