[Elderly Man Holding Ivory-topped Walking Stick] — John Plumbe Jr. | DiscoverArt

John Plumbe Jr.

[Elderly Man Holding Ivory-topped Walking Stick]

ca. 1844

Daguerreotype with applied color

6.7 × 5.5 cm (2.6 × 2.2 in)

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