Gen. Robert E. Lee / photograhed by Brady, N.Y. ; engraved by J.C. McRae, N.Y. – Historic Photograph Print
(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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Step back in time with Gen. Robert E. Lee / photograhed by Brady, N.Y. ; engraved by J.C. McRae, N.Y., an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Gen. Robert E. Lee / photograhed by Brady, N.Y. ; engraved by J.C. McRae, N.Y.
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This engraving turns a photograph from Brady's New York studio into a printed portrait of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. J.C. McRae cut the plate, and T. Kelly published it in New York around 1867, two years after Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Before halftone printing was common, engravers like McRae were how photographic likenesses reached print, so the sheet shows both a wartime figure and the way his image circulated. Lee spent his last years as president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia.
| Created / published | New York : Published by T. Kelly, c1867. |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1860-1870.Engravings 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward),--1807-1870--Military service. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Confederate. Generals--American--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,274 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-180040 |
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