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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Gerard B. Lambert (NPG.67.59)
Ball, Thomas: sculpture of Daniel Webster
Ball, Thomas: sculpture of Daniel Webster
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Daniel Webster
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