Genl. Lee on Traveler" photographed from life" – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Genl. Lee on Traveler" photographed from life", [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8b/8bd559fecb98-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: Genl. Lee on Traveler" photographed from life", preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Genl. Lee on Traveler" photographed from life"
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Here Robert E. Lee is shown on Traveler, the gray horse he rode through much of the Civil War and one of the most recognized animals of the Confederacy. The title's phrase "photographed from life" was a common claim on images of the period, meant to signal that the likeness came from a sitting rather than a copied engraving. The shelflist card links the print to A. Hoen & Co., a Baltimore lithography firm, but gives no date, so the exact method and year of this version remain uncertain. Traveler outlived both the war and Lee, who died in 1870, and the horse's enduring popularity helped make this kind of image a staple of Lee portraiture.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hoen, A. & Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,224 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111678 |
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