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Photograph, Portrait of Peter Cooper

This is a Photograph. It was subject: Peter Cooper. It is dated ca. 1880 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is sepia photographic print on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Cooper Union Library. It is credited Gift of Cooper Union Library.

Its dimensions are

29.7 x 24 cm (11 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Photograph, Portrait of Peter Cooper; Subject: Peter Cooper (1883); USA; sepia photographic print on paper; 29.7 x 24 cm (11 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Gift of Cooper Union Library; 1953-10-54

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