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Painting

Leonard J. Farwell

Date: 1865
Description: Waist-up portrait of Leonard J. Farwell.
Photograph

Oliver Marcy, Naturalist

Date: 1865
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Oliver Marcy (1820-1899), American educator and natural scientist. In 1862, he became professor and chair of the natural histor...
Photograph

Professor Benjamin Silliman, Chemist

Date: 1865
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864), notable American professor of science. He served for many years as a professor of Chemistry and ...
Photograph

John Torrey, Botanist

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of John Torrey (1796-1863), American botanist. Worked as New York state botanist from 1836. Handwritten i...
Photograph

Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1865
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Photograph

Wisconsin Assembly

Date: 1865
Description: Composite of portraits of the men of the Wisconsin Assembly.
Print

Governor James T. Lewis

Date: 1865
Description: Engraved portrait of Wisconsin Governor James Lewis. Lewis' signature is below the engraving, and underneath the signature is printed: "Governor of Wiscons...
Photograph

William Sanderson McCormick

Date: 1865
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of William Sanderson McCormick (1815-1865).
Photograph

Man in Three-Piece Suit

Date: 1865
Description: Tintype/ferrotype waist-up oval portrait of an African American man wearing a suit jacket, shirt, and partially buttoned vest.
Photograph

George Scidmore as a Child

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length studio portrait of young George Hawthorne Scidmore standing with his hand on a newel post, and holding a hat in his other hand.
Photograph

Alfred P. Edgerton

Date: 1865
Description: Formal portrait of Alfred P. Edgerton seated at a small table.
Print

Luther Dixon

Date: 1865
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Luther Swift Dixon at age 40.
Photograph

Elisha D. Smith

Date: 1865
Description: Studio portrait of Elisha Smith sitting. He is wearing a long coat and resting his arm on a table.
Photograph

Rev. Edward Mathews

Date: 1865
Description: Portrait of Reverend Edward Mathews standing in front of a "Moral Map of the United States." He is holding a long, wooden pointer and is gesturing towards ...
Photograph

Henry L. Palmer

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Henry Palmer. Cabinet card, with signature at bottom.
Photograph

H.S. Allen

Date: 1865
Description: Portrait of Hiram Stores Allen, a businessman and settler in the Chippewa Valley. In 1856 he surveyed and plotted the town of Chippewa Falls, for which rea...

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