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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 [Photograph of General Robert E. Lee]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07075 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Appomattox, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: April 1865 Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 17 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

3/4 length bust portrait of Lee. Variant of Meredith p. 61 (which has full image). This photograph is one of the series which Brady took at Richmond after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.

Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

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