Lee Monument, Richmond, Va. – Antique Wall Art
![Lee Monument, Richmond, Va., c[between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/22/2249e379b172-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Lee Monument, Richmond, Va.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Lee Monument, Richmond, Va.
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The Lee Monument stands at the center of Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, where a bronze equestrian statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee rises on a tall granite pedestal. French sculptor Antonin Mercié created the statue, which was unveiled in 1890, and the avenue developed around it as a boulevard lined with later memorials. This glass-plate negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented American cities and landscapes in the early twentieth century. The view records the monument in the years when the avenue was becoming one of Richmond's most prominent streets.
| Created / published | c[between 1910 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072501. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward),--1807-1870--Statues. Monuments & memorials. Sculpture.United States--Virginia--Richmond. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 784 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-73562 |
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