- JOHN S. DAVIS (UVA PROFESSOR) ENGRAVING,
FRAMEDPortrait engraving of UVA professor, John Staige Davis, circa 1859; marked underneath portrait "Copyright secured/ A.B. Walter eng'd./ John S. Davis M.D., Professor...
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