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Various [Carte de visite vignette of General Robert E. Lee & a card with hand printed flags]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04518 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 photograph ; + card : b&w Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Signed on mount. The gilt bordered has been retouched at upper right. Depicts General Robert E. Lee in a suit and tie posing for the camera. Includes a cancelled postage stamp on the verso. The card depicts two CSA National hand printed flags (apparently from a frame).

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Vannerson & Jones

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