[LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870)]. BRADY, Mathew (1822-1896), photographer. Seated portrait of General Robert E. Lee at his Richmond, VA, home. Washington, DC, 1865.
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Jun 15, 2023
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[LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870)]. BRADY, Mathew (1822-1896), photographer. Seated portrait of General Robert E. Lee at his Richmond, VA, home. Washington, DC, 1865.
6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. oval albumen photograph on original mount, matted and framed, 15 x 18 in. (print in very fine condition with rich tonality, few minor spots to mount, unexamined outside frame). Lower margin of mount includes M.B. Brady & Co.'s Washington, DC, imprint and 1865 date. One of six photographs taken by Brady at Lee's home in Richmond, VA, shortly after the end of the Civil War. General Lee is dressed in the uniform that he wore for his meeting with General Grant at Appomattox.
Provenance: Andrew Burgess Collection (consignor notes). Andrew Burgess (1837-1908) joined Mathew Brady as an apprentice in 1855 and partnered with him in 1863. During his time with Brady, Burgess documented the Southern United States near the end of the Civil War and ventured to Mexico City to record war between Benito Juarez and Emperor Maximilian.
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