Gen. Robert E. Lee / engraved by A. Robin. – Historic Reproduction
![Gen. Robert E. Lee / engraved by A. Robin., [between 1860 and 1870] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/12/12b378a8c6a0-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Gen. Robert E. Lee / engraved by A. Robin., preserved in this antique engraving. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gen. Robert E. Lee / engraved by A. Robin.
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Robert E. Lee sits for this engraving as a general in Confederate gray, a portrait made in the years just after the Civil War when his face was becoming one of the most reproduced images in the country. The print is credited to A. Robin, an engraver whose name appears on the plate and whose work reflects the mid-nineteenth-century habit of translating photographs and paintings into finely cut lines that could be printed in bulk. Lee, who had commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, died in 1870, and the years bracketing this print saw his reputation shift from wartime adversary to a figure of reconciliation and enduring Southern memory.
| Created / published | [between 1860 and 1870] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1860-1870.Engravings 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward),--1807-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,589 × 3,426 px · prints to 9 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-196801 |
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