Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Engraved Portraits of Confederate General Lee and General Jackson, c. 1870, engraved and colored framed portrait of General Robert E. Lee, and inscribed: Sold by authority of the Lee Memorial Association for the erection of a monument at the tomb of Genl. R.E. Lee at the Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, and another of General Thomas J. Jackson, inscribed Sold by the authority of the Jackson Monument Association for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of Genl. Thomas J. Jackson at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., wd. 28, ht. 32 1/2 in.
Estimate $400-600
Paper is light brown in color.
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