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Lee, Robert E. Signed carte-de-vsite size photograph

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January 27, 09:56 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

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LEE, ROBERT E. 


SIGNATURE ("R E LEE") WRITTEN AT THE FOOT OF A CARTE-DE-VISITE SIZE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH


Albumen print (3 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.; 91 x 57 mm) with some hand-tinting, mounted on card within gilt-rule with the imprint verso of William W. Davies's Lee Photographic Gallery, Richmond, Virginia; some light soiling.


This bust-length portrait in three-quarter profile was probably made at the Boude and Miley studio in Lexington, Virginia, between 1865 and 1870.