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Artist
Currier & Ives Lithography Company, active 1857 - 1907
Copy after
Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 (Photographer)
Sitter
Robert Edward Lee, 19 Jan 1807 - 12 Oct 1870
Date
1870
Type
Print
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.2 × 31.7 cm (7 15/16 × 12 1/2")
Sheet: 34.2 × 45 cm (13 7/16 × 17 11/16")
Mat: 40.7 × 56 cm (16 × 22 1/16")
Topic
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower\Flowers
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
Equipment\Walking stick\Cane
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Nature & Environment\Plant\Wreath
Funereal\Gravestone
Exterior\Cemetary
Robert Edward Lee: Male
Robert Edward Lee: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
Robert Edward Lee: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\College administrator\President
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution