[Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01442.10 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861 Pagination: 1 carte de visite : b&w Height: 11 cm, Width: 7 cm Order a Copy
This carte-de-visite appears to be based on an early photograph of Lee (refer to GLC05111.01.0580). Circa date previously assessed, based on the fact that carte de visites became popular in America in the 1860s. Depicts Lee as a young man with a moustache.
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