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[Robert Edward Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] – Historic Photograph Print

[Robert Edward Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [between 1860 and 1900] — antique lithograph
[Robert Edward Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [between 1860 and 1900]. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare antique lithograph captures [Robert Edward Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Robert Edward Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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Turned to the left and framed head and shoulders, this chromolithograph presents Robert Edward Lee in a pose that sets it apart from many of the frontal likenesses made of him. Lee (1807-1870) commanded the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War and surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in April 1865. After the war he became president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, and remained a widely pictured figure. Chromolithography, which built a color image from several stones, made colorful portraits like this one affordable for ordinary buyers in the late nineteenth century.

Created / published[between 1860 and 1900]
Medium1 print : chromolithograph.
GenrePortrait prints 1860-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1860-1900.
SubjectsLee, Robert E. (Robert Edward),--1807-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,093 × 5,121 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-226464

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