Premium pages left without account:

Auction archive: Lot number 360

CIVIL WAR]. LEE, Robert E. Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("R. E. Lee"), [1864]. 2½ x 4 in. Imprint on back of P. E. Gibbs, Photographist, 1427 Main Street, Whitehurst's Old Stand, Richmond, Va . Signed in ink on lower portion.

Auction 16.12.2004
16 Dec 2004
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$5,019
Auction archive: Lot number 360

CIVIL WAR]. LEE, Robert E. Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("R. E. Lee"), [1864]. 2½ x 4 in. Imprint on back of P. E. Gibbs, Photographist, 1427 Main Street, Whitehurst's Old Stand, Richmond, Va . Signed in ink on lower portion.

Auction 16.12.2004
16 Dec 2004
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$5,019
Beschreibung:

CIVIL WAR]. LEE, Robert E. Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("R. E. Lee"), [1864]. 2½ x 4 in. Imprint on back of P. E. Gibbs, Photographist, 1427 Main Street, Whitehurst's Old Stand, Richmond, Va . Signed in ink on lower portion. A CARTE-DE-VISITE OF LEE IN THE WINTER OF 1864 Taken from the Vannerson photographic portrait of February 1864, this familiar image of Lee shows him in three-quarters view from the left. Lee sat for Vannerson in the winter between the abortive Gettysburg campaign and the Wildnerness and Petersburg struggles of spring and summer 1864. The object was charitable: Vannerson was to send the images through the Union blockade to Berlin, where a young Virginia-born sculptor, Edward V. Valentine, awaited them. Valentine was commissioned to create a statue for a Liverpool exhibition that would benefit disabled Confederate combat veterans. Numerous cdv's, lithographs, and newspaper images were based on the Vannerson sittings, such as this example, produced by another Richmond "photographist," P. E. Gibbs.

Auction archive: Lot number 360
Auction:
Datum:
16 Dec 2004
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

CIVIL WAR]. LEE, Robert E. Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("R. E. Lee"), [1864]. 2½ x 4 in. Imprint on back of P. E. Gibbs, Photographist, 1427 Main Street, Whitehurst's Old Stand, Richmond, Va . Signed in ink on lower portion. A CARTE-DE-VISITE OF LEE IN THE WINTER OF 1864 Taken from the Vannerson photographic portrait of February 1864, this familiar image of Lee shows him in three-quarters view from the left. Lee sat for Vannerson in the winter between the abortive Gettysburg campaign and the Wildnerness and Petersburg struggles of spring and summer 1864. The object was charitable: Vannerson was to send the images through the Union blockade to Berlin, where a young Virginia-born sculptor, Edward V. Valentine, awaited them. Valentine was commissioned to create a statue for a Liverpool exhibition that would benefit disabled Confederate combat veterans. Numerous cdv's, lithographs, and newspaper images were based on the Vannerson sittings, such as this example, produced by another Richmond "photographist," P. E. Gibbs.

Auction archive: Lot number 360
Auction:
Datum:
16 Dec 2004
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Try LotSearch

Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!

  • Search lots and bid
  • Price database and artist analysis
  • Alerts for your searches
Create an alert now!

Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.

Create an alert