Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870) Photograph Signed by Matthew Brady, Gen. R.E. Lee and Staff.

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Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870) Photograph Signed by Matthew Brady, Gen. R.E. Lee and Staff. Washington, DC: Brady & Co., 1865. Photographic portrait of a seated Robert E. Lee, taken at his Richmond home on Franklin Street in April 1865, not long after Appomattox, flanked by his son, General George Washington Custis Lee, and Colonel Walter Taylor; inscribed at the bottom to Colonel Robert Alexander, "Compliments of his friend, M.B. Brady," on a card mount; title, imprint, copyright, and inscription on mount, toned, faded, scratches, other signs of wear, in a later frame, the photo 8 3/4 x 6 3/4, the mount 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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