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Anderson & Co. [Robert E. Lee]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01443.02 Author/Creator: Anderson & Co. Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1865-1870 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 11 cm, Width: 7 cm Order a Copy

Depicts Lee as an older man, seated, wearing a dark-colored suit. Creator listed at the bottom of carte as "Anderson, Richmond, Va." Verso contains a stamp from Selden & Co., Photograph Dealers, 814 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia.

Anderson, fl. 1865-1870
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

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