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Lee Gallery, fl. 1865 [Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01438 Author/Creator: Lee Gallery, fl. 1865 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite : b&w Height: 10.6 cm, Width: 6.5 cm Order a Copy

Signed on front mount by Lee. Oval bust portrait in uniform as Confederate General. Published by Lee Gallery, Richmond.

Lee Gallery, c. 1865
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

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