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Carsten Tank
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Copper plate physiognotrace of Carsten Tank, the father of Nils Otto Tank of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Subject faces left (proper right) wearing a coat, tie, and ruffled shirt, with his hair in a queue tied with a ribbon. The coat and eyes are colored darker than the rest of the image. He died at Rud, Norway in 1832.
1832
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