Uncommon Signed CDV Photo Of Robert E Lee As College President - $4,000 - (Cumming, GA)
Robert E. Lee was an international celebrity during and after the Civil War. And like celebrities in every time, Lee’s picture became a collectible. Small carte-de-visite photographs were produced, in the South and the North, and sold as souvenirs. Many of the ones in the North were based on photographs taken from life by Mathew Brady. In the South, Lee was not merely a celebrity but a revered hero, and there was a great demand for photographs of him. After the war, in late 1865, Lee became president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, and remained in that post until his death. The school was later renamed Washington and Lee in his honor. A carte-de-visite (CDV) photograph of Lee in civilian clothes while president of Washington College, by M.B Brady & CO'S No. 352 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington D.C. , signed by Lee. This is the first time we have had this signed image of Lee. This image was originally in the W. C. McDonald collection Charlottesville VA. McDonald purchased it from Jerry Fettita of Richmond Arsenal and paid $2700 back then. Said to be one of the best Lee signatures there is Bold & Strong. This is our 17th year selling great items on EBay..Thank You
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