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Boude & Miley, fl. 1865-1870 [Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01437 Author/Creator: Boude & Miley, fl. 1865-1870 Place Written: Lexington, Virginia Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865-1870 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.3 cm, Width: 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Carte de visite bust vignette portrait, signed on front. Lee is posed as a Union lieutenant, with mustache. With presentation on verso to Mrs. Caskie by Mary Custiss Lee ("M.C. Lee"). Reprinted by the Stonewall Gallery circa 1865-1870.

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Boude & Miley, fl. 1865-1870

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