(CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE) Brady Mathew B; photographer Portra

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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Brady, Mathew B.; photographer. Portrait of Robert E. Lee. Albumen print, 8 1/4 x 6 inches oval, on gilt-stamped photographer's mount; inconsistently faded and spotted, mount toned and chipped. [Washington, May 1869]

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A late portrait of General Lee, taken less than two years before his death. He was in Washington on business, visited with President Grant on 1 May 1869, and was persuaded to sit for a Brady portrait at some point before his departure later that week. He appears with two favorite props--both the chair and the clock appear in numerous other Brady portraits. "The finest portrait of General Lee, and Brady's best effort"--Meredith, The Face of Robert E. Lee, page 77.