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Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) [Robert E. Lee]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00439 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Photograph Date: 1861 Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

A reworked Brady daguerreotype (original from1851); republished by Brendann Brothers. This carte de visite depicts General Robert E. Lee in uniform (uniform was painted on). See Turner's "Even More Confederate Faces" p.16. With stamp on verso: "Jas. S. Waters/Balto."

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

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