Portrait, Engraved Lithographic - Robert E. Lee
Object number2011.024.01
Date1870
Mediumpaper, ink, glass, metal
Dimensions36 x 29 1/2 in. (91.4 x 74.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
DescriptionLithographic portrait of Robert E. Lee. Hand-colored by Bradley & Company. Engraved by A.B. Walter from a photograph, copyright 1870. Facsimile signatures of Robert E. Lee, General W.N. Pendleton and Charles A. Davidson. This portrait was originally sold to help pay for a memorial at his tomb in Lexington, Virginia. Inscriptions at the base: "Sold by authority of the Lee Memorial Association for the erection of a monument at the tomb of Gen. R.E. Lee at the Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia". Pendleton acted as Lee's wartime artillery chief. He later became chairman of the Lee Memorial Association.
Framed engraved
Status
Not on view
