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Auction archive: Lot number 512

ROBERT EDWARD LEE (1807-1870) Photograph (business card-size), signed "R E Lee".

Estimate
€4,800
ca. US$5,398
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 512

ROBERT EDWARD LEE (1807-1870) Photograph (business card-size), signed "R E Lee".

Estimate
€4,800
ca. US$5,398
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Bust-length portrait in three-quarter profile, probably made at the Boude and Miley studio in Lexington, Virginia, between 1865 and 1870. Albumen print, with some hand-tinting, mounted on card within gilt-rule with the imprint verso of William W. Davies's Lee Photographic Gallery, Richmond, Virginia. Some light soiling. 9,5 x 6 cm Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general best known for his service to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, during which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy’s most powerful army, from 1862 until its surrender in 1865. During the war, Lee earned a solid reputation as a skilled tactician, for which he was revered by his officers and men as well as respected and feared by his Union Army adversaries.

Auction archive: Lot number 512
Auction:
Datum:
26 Nov 2021
Auction house:
Hermitage Fine Art
Avenue de la Costa
Le Park Palace
98000 Monaco
Monaco
info@hermitagefineart.com
+377 (0)9 777 3980
Beschreibung:

Bust-length portrait in three-quarter profile, probably made at the Boude and Miley studio in Lexington, Virginia, between 1865 and 1870. Albumen print, with some hand-tinting, mounted on card within gilt-rule with the imprint verso of William W. Davies's Lee Photographic Gallery, Richmond, Virginia. Some light soiling. 9,5 x 6 cm Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general best known for his service to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, during which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy’s most powerful army, from 1862 until its surrender in 1865. During the war, Lee earned a solid reputation as a skilled tactician, for which he was revered by his officers and men as well as respected and feared by his Union Army adversaries.

Auction archive: Lot number 512
Auction:
Datum:
26 Nov 2021
Auction house:
Hermitage Fine Art
Avenue de la Costa
Le Park Palace
98000 Monaco
Monaco
info@hermitagefineart.com
+377 (0)9 777 3980
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