R. E. Lee. (Robert E. Lee)

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• PUBLISHER: Originally printed and published by printed by Blelock and Co..

• MEDIUM: Engraving

  DATE: c. 1870 - c.1920

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 5 1/4 x 4" (13.3 x 10 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: Photogravure after an unknown photographer.. Engraved by W. G. Jackman, New York. Lee died on October 12, 1870 while serving as President of Washington College (renamed Washington & Lee University). The inscription in the base margin reads: "Sold by authority of the Lee Memorial Association for the erection of a monument at the tomb of Genl. R. E. Lee at the Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia." Lee died on October 12, 1870 while serving as President of Washington & Lee. Below the image is a facsimile signature of Lee. Firast printed ciorca 1870, this impression likely printed in the early 20th century.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Very good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Civil War