Horatio Gates Spafford in a standing portrait by Mayer & Pierson, Paris, France, 1873. Spafford (1828-1888) was a prosperous American lawyer, best known for writing the words to the hymn "It Is Well With My Soul," following a family tragedy in which four of his daughters died when the steamship they were traveling on was struck by an iron sailing vessel while crossing the Atlantic.

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Size: 1864px × 3019px
Location: Paris, France.
Photo credit: © Alpha Historica / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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