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![[Maj. General Edwin Vose Sumner, 1797-1863, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, in uniform, outside tent]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvbWFqLWdlbi1lZHdpbi12b3NlLXN1bW5lci0xNzk3LTE4NjMtdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/314/jpg "[Maj. General Edwin Vose Sumner, 1797-1863, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, in uniform, outside tent]")
![[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvZW5yaWNvLWNhcnVzby0xODczLTE5MjEtdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlcnMtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/62/webp "[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing left]")
![[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, three-quarters length portrait, facing left; holding pipe]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvc2FtdWVsLWxhbmdob3JuZS1jbGVtZW5zLTE4MzUtMTkxMC10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, three-quarters length portrait, facing left; holding pipe]")
![[Zachariah Cantey Deas, 1819-1882, three-quarters length, seated, facing right; in Confederate general's uniform]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvemFjaGFyaWFoLWNhbnRleS1kZWFzLTE4MTktMTg4Mi10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy1sZW5ndGgtc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC1pbi02NDAuanBn/40/64/webp "[Zachariah Cantey Deas, 1819-1882, three-quarters length, seated, facing right; in Confederate general's uniform]")
![[Joseph Hodges Choate, 1832-1917, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, holding book]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvam9zZXBoLWhvZGdlcy1jaG9hdGUtMTgzMi0xOTE3LXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXItbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "[Joseph Hodges Choate, 1832-1917, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, holding book]")
![[George Gershwin, 1898-1937, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZ2VvcmdlLWdlcnNod2luLTE4OTgtMTkzNy10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[George Gershwin, 1898-1937, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right]")
![[Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1837-1861, half length, standing, facing left; in uniform]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvZWxtZXItZXBocmFpbS1lbGxzd29ydGgtMTgzNy0xODYxLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LWluLXVuaWZvcm0tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1837-1861, half length, standing, facing left; in uniform]")
