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Auction 91, Lot 400

"R E Lee",

Subject: Military

Period: 1865 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
8 x 10 inches
20.3 x 25.4 cm
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Oval portrait of Robert E. Lee in a medallion style engraved border. At the bottom is a vignette titled "After Gettysburg". Signed in the plate with Lee's signature. Engraved from an ambrotype by the famous Civil War photographer Mathew Brady. Minor light foxing in margins.

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Condition: B

Estimate: $35 - $45

Sold for: $30

Closed on 6/14/2000

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