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Mark Twain by GH Jones, 1850-c7
Summary
Portrait of Samuel Clemens as a young man holding a printer's composing stick with letters SAM. Daguerreotype; sixth plate. Plate mark: Scovill. Inscribed in case well: G.H.[?] Jones [or Jonco?] / Hannibal Mo / 1850 / Nov. 29th. On case pad: Samuel L. Clem-/ens - [illegible] / Taken Dec. 1850 / Age 15.
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Date
1850
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Copyright info
public domain
