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ROBERT E LEE CARTE DE VISITE

• SIGNED ROBERT E. LEE CARTE DE
  SIGNED ROBERT E. LEE CARTE DE VISITESigned Robert E. Lee Carte de Visite, c. 1865, the famed "Floppy Tie" image, using the original 1864 negative by Vannerson, signed in ink under the image, backstamp reading "THE "LEE" PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, 920 Main Street, over the RICHMOND MUSICAL EXCHANGE John W. Davies", image 3 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in., mount 4 2/8 in. x 2 1/2 in
• ROBERT E. LEE SIGNED CARTE DE
  ROBERT E. LEE SIGNED CARTE DE VISITERobert E. Lee Signed Carte de Visite, from the photograph taken by Michael Miley, signed in black ink, image 3 3/4 in. x 2 1/4 in., mounted and framed,
• LEE, ROBERT E. Carte-de-visite
  LEE, ROBERT E. Carte-de-visite albumen photograph signed ("R. E. Lee"). Estimate:$3,000-$5,000
• ROBERT E. LEE SIGNED CDV,
  ROBERT E. LEE SIGNED CDV, LEXINGTONRobert E. Lee signed pre-war carte de visite (CDV) portrait by Boude and Miley, Lexington, VA. Includes typed note reading "This picture was given to my grandmother, Annis Adaline McCarty when she was a girl by Robert E. Lee. She was born October 1, 1829, the year Robert E. Lee graduated from West Point with honors. She married September 15, 1855 to Louis Leander Poats, V. Wille May Hasson Speack". Both items housed in contemporary wooden frame. CDV - 4 1/4" H x 2 1/2" W. Note - 3 1/2" H x 6 1/4" W. Framed - 7 3/4" H x 11 3/4" W. Early/mid 19th century. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: Scotch tape extends over Lee's signature. CDV exhibits wear to be expected from age. Heavy foxing, en verso of note.
• Copy of a portrait of Robert E.
  Copy of a portrait of Robert E. Lee, the original done while he was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, is at Washington & Lee University in Virginia. 29" x 25" ss / 35" x 30" oa Condition: Wear consistent with age.
• Robert E. Lee Engraving Lost
  Robert E. Lee Engraving Lost Cause era portrait after painting by L.M.D. Guillaume, engraved by Tesselin, published circa 1884 by Goupil & Cie, Paris, and by M. Knoedler, New York, a composed Lee astride a wild-eyed mount foaming at the mouth, a wounded soldier in foreground waves enthusiastically to the General, background with battle scene and mounted Confederate Soldiers, one resembling Jeb Stuart, mezzotint engraving on Chine-colle paper, 25-7/16 x 21 in. (image),
• 1 vol. (American Civil War.)
  1 vol. (American Civil War.) Carte-de-Visite Photo Album. New York, ca. 1861-1865. Oblong 4to, orig. embossed brown morocco, spine gilt, a.e.g., brass clasps (defective); joints & extremities rubbed. Minor dampstaining near spine of bottom edge - not affecting photos. Holding 60 Carte-de-Visite portraits of Union political & military notables. Signed photos include Robert Anderson (comdr. of Ft. Sumter), Gen. Joseph Hooker, Gen. George B. McClellan, Gen. Fitz-John Porter, Gen. Winfield Scott (signed on verso) - not shown in uniform, Montgomery Blair (Lincoln's Postmaster General, counsel for Dred Scott), William H. Seward (Lincoln's Sec. of State), Gideon Welles (Lincoln's Sec. of Navy); also signed photos of Robert & Louis Philippe D'Orleans (French-born nobles serving under McClellan). Internally generally clean, a few photo frames torn, photos in very good to excellent states of preservation. Album includes gilt-printed title: The Photographic Album. new York: D. Appleton, 1861. Provenance upon request. ,500-
• CIVIL WAR ERA CARTE DE VISITE OF
  CIVIL WAR ERA CARTE DE VISITE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Circa 1865, albumin print mounted on card, framed.
• Portrait of Robert E Lee, presented
  Portrait of Robert E Lee, presented to the Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers Home by Mrs Alexander Higgins, oil on canvas, unsigned, presentation plaque on frame, mounted in original gilt frame, 22" x 18", framed 30" x 26", good condition, age cracking, small gesso damages
• GROUP OF 3 ROBERT E. LEE CABINET
  GROUP OF 3 ROBERT E. LEE CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPHS, MILE...1st item: Standing photo of Robert E. Lee taken circa 1868-69 in the Lexington, VA studio of Boude and Miley, reprinted by Miley ca. 1900 with imprint of "M. Miley & Son" lower right. Card 8 1/2" x 6", image 5 1/2" x 3 7/8". 2nd item: Cabinet card photo of Robert E Lee in vignetted profile, with imprint of "M Miley, Lexington, VA" along bottom. After the original 1864 photo by J Vannerson of Richmond. Card 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". 3rd item: Robert E. Lee seated with left profile, a circa 1900 Miley studio reprint of the original by Matthew Brady, with “M. Miley & Son” imprint underneath, lovely sepia toned with softened features and “Miley” signature in plate lower right. 1939 gift inscription on verso. Card 9" x 6", image 5 1/2" x 3 7/8". Condition: 1st item: 2" horizontal mark to top of Lee's head, some silvering to deep blacks. 2nd item: Rubbing/toning to card. 3rd item: Slight toning to card.
• 19th century Civil War portrait,
  19th century Civil War portrait, Robert E. Lee standing in uniform, unsigned, oil on canvas, 49-1/2 x 29-1/4 in.; original wood frame. Original stretcher and tacking edge with Shattauck keys, abrasions, small holes and splits at bottom, grime; frame with abrasions.
• ROBERT E. LEE MEMORIAL ENGRAVED
  ROBERT E. LEE MEMORIAL ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, 18701870 hand colored engraving of Robert E. Lee, over an inscription reading SOLD BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A MONUMENT AT THE TOMB OF GENL. R.E. LEE AT THE WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. Engraved by A. B. Walter, after a photo from life. Lower margins with facsimile signatures of Lee; Gen. W. Pendleton, Chairman; and Chas. A. Davidson, Secretary. Housed in an ebonized and gilt wood frame. Plate: 22 1/2" H x 18 3/4" W. Sight: 23 3/4" H x 19 3/4" W. Framed: 31 1/4" H x 27 1/2" W. Note: Pendleton acted as Lee's artillery chief during the Civil War and became chairman of the Lee Memorial Association afterwards, dedicating himself to preserving Lee's "sacred memory." This print was sold during a lecture tour in the 1870s in order to help pay for a memorial monument in Lee's Chapel. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: Overall very good condition.
• ANTIQUE ROBERT E. LEE
  ANTIQUE ROBERT E. LEE PRINTAntique black and white engraving of General Robert E. Lee painted by LMD Guillaume, engraved by Dubois Tesselin, 25.5 x 21 inches, framed 35 x 29 inches.
• American School (Late 19th Century)
  American School (Late 19th Century) "Portrait Wood Engraving of General Robert E. Lee", the basal edge with a facsimile Lee autograph, sight 13-1/4" x 8-3/4". Presented in a taupe mat within a period carved and bronzed wood and plaster frame.
• 1 vol. (American 19th-Century
  1 vol. (American 19th-Century Photos.) Cartes-de-Visite Photo Album, ca. 1860s. Sm 4to, orig. brown morocco, spine gilt, brass clasps; joints & extremities rubbed. Holding 24 Cartes-de-Visite (1 tintype). Many figures in Civil War uniforms.
• Engraving of General Robert E.
  Engraving of General Robert E. Lee engraved by J. Rogers Sr. signed by sitter in plate sight 9 in. x 6 1/2 in. framed.
• Robert Harvey (American 19th c.)
  Robert Harvey (American 19th c.) "Statue of General Lee New Orleans Louisiana" watercolor on paper unsigned pencil-titled inscribed "No 2" and stamped "90C" en verso titled on the mat 10 in. x 7 in. attractively matted and framed.
• ANTIQUE ROBERT E. LEE MEMORIAL
  ANTIQUE ROBERT E. LEE MEMORIAL ENGRAVING, 1870 Steel engraving, dated 1870, with facsimile signatures, engraved by A. B. Walter, in antique framing.
• Two Civil War portraits: Robert
  Two Civil War portraits: Robert E. Lee, signed upper right "David Silvette" (Virginia, born 1909), 21-1/8 x 17-1/8 in., modern composition frame, abrasions ; Stonewall Jackson, signed lower right "Noel", 24 x 20 in., wood frame, both oil on canvas. Good condition. Collection of Courtney Smith, Sr., Highland Springs, Virginia.
• Robert E. Lee Autographed CDV
  Robert E. Lee Autographed CDV Albumen cdv with Lee's distinctive signature on verso  and C.E. Jones & Vannerson / Richmond VA backmark.  A scarce view of Lee in full view standing with sword  originally taken by Jones & Vannerson in their Richmond studio early in 1864.  Condition: Even toning to cdv; Lee's signature has lightened.
• ROBERT E. LEE ON HORSE TRAVELLER
  ROBERT E. LEE ON HORSE TRAVELLER PHOTOGRAPH: Large photographic print of Confederate General Robert E. Lee mounted on his trusty horse Traveller, circa 1866. Blind stamped ''Miley & Son, Lexington Va.''. Sight size 15 3/4'' x 19'', framed 28 1/2'' x 33 1/4''. Family provenance verso.CONDITION: Note toning, laid down.
• AMERICAN CARVED MARBLE RELIEF
  AMERICAN CARVED MARBLE RELIEF PROFILE PORTRAIT BUST OF ROBERT E. LEE Together with a carved stone relief profile portrait bust of a gentleman Provenance: Property from the Collection of Gerald Kornblau. Larger 15 x 10 1/2 in.
• Lot of twelve Civil War
  Lot of twelve Civil War carte-de-visite photographs; several William Fricke (photographer), Lincoln and other Civil War images. 4" x 2 1/4".
• Print of Robert E. Lee oval image
  Print of Robert E. Lee oval image area13'' x 17'' in Victorian frame
• American School (late 19th
  American School (late 19th century), "Robert E. Lee", watercolor on ivory, miniature portrait, unsigned, possibly derived from a photograph, 3-3/4 x 3-1/8 in., "piano key" incised and inlaid ivory frame,
• Oil on board portrait of Robert
  Oil on board portrait of Robert E. Lee mounted in a Chippendale style frame with eagle finial, 20th c. 23.25" x 13.25" ss / 39.5" x 21" oa Condition: Wear consistent with age.
• Lot of five Civil War
  Lot of five Civil War carte-de-visite photographs; several from Brady negatives, General Grant and various Union soldiers. 4" x 2 1/4".
• Robert E. Lee signed photograph,
  Robert E. Lee signed photograph, albumen portrait boldly signed lower right "RE Lee", 5-1/4 x 3-1/2 in. on 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 in. card mount, imprinted verso "Photographed by Boude & Miley, Lexington, VA", with note in brown ink, "Put up by R.E. Shaword", image toned, somewhat faded, mounting irregularly reduced , with penciled note on torn page stating the photo was given to the writer's uncle when he attended Washington & Lee University during Robert E. Lee's tenure as President there, 2-5/8 x 6-3/4 in., irregular edges, tape repairs . (Two items). Early American History Auctions, June 7, 2003, Lot 158; Collection of H. Donald Nelson, Williamsburg, Virginia.
• Civil War-Era Carte de Visite
  Civil War-Era Carte de Visite Album, with embossed green cover, brass clasp and gilt edges, containing eighty-eight cartes de visite, depicting a variety of portrait subjects, chief among them Gen. George B. McClellan and other Union officers, primarily from the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry, including Col. Edward Bloodgood, Charles E. Buell (Lt. Col., Co. C), Darwin R. May (Capt., Co. C), William Bones (Capt., Co. K), Francis Mead (Capt., Co. A), Charles E. Dudley (1st Lt., Co. D), Ira P. Nye (1st. Lt., Co. B), and Dr. Henry W. Cansdell (Surgeon, Co. F & S), other cards with young men and ladies of fashion, some children and other members of the Beaumann/Bowman family, a sea captain and his wife, and two amusing images of a prized rat-catching pit bull, most cards from photographers Savage and Ottinger, Salt Lake City, Utah but some from Milwaukee, Green Bay, Oshkosh, and other Wisconsin cities, and also Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Vermont, et al., several of the military cards by I. H. Bonsall, along with three lithograph cards of Union officers Gen. Rufus King, Col. Edgar O'Connor (2 WI Inf. Co. F & S) and Lt. Col. Lucius Fairchild (2 WI Inf. Co. F & S), the cards h. 4", w. 2-3/8", the album h. 6-1/2", w. 9", d. 2-1/4".
• CONFEDERATE SPY BELLE BOYD CARTE DE
  CONFEDERATE SPY BELLE BOYD CARTE DE VISITE Being the rebel charmer's most famous portrait, her name below, no backmark.
• POSTWAR ROBERT E. LEE CABINET
  POSTWAR ROBERT E. LEE CABINET CARD BY MATTHEW BRADY Taken in 1866 when the famous subject was president of Washington College (later, Washington & Lee University); the mount imprinted "Brady, Washington, D. C." with penciled manuscript "Confed. Gen. Robert E. Lee" inscribed above, no backmark. The card has been taped by the edges to a mat above that has been cut so as to hide the pencil inscription. Presented in a late 20th century shadowbox giltwood frame.
• Abraham Lincoln carte de visite ,
  Abraham Lincoln carte de visite , "Solitary Pine" pose by Matthew Brady, taken January 8th, 1864, "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries" imprint verso, 1860s, 4 x 2-3/8 in. Fading, toning, light soiling. Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina
• Lot of six Civil War
  Lot of six Civil War carte-de-visite photographs; several from Brady negatives, various Union soldiers (some identified). 4" x 2 1/4".
• Anonymous; ''Robert Edward Lee''
  Anonymous; ''Robert Edward Lee'' etching 22 1/2 x 17 in. framed Estimate $ 80-100 Credits effaced in lower margin. Some light foxing.
• 1 vol. American 19th-Century
  1 vol. American 19th-Century Photographs. Carte-de-Visite Album, ca. 1870. Lg. oblong 8vo, orig. brown morocco, gilt, a.e.g., brass clasps. Approx. 48 cartes-de-visite - includes family portraits, portrait of African-American female caregiver & white child, portraits of J.L. Agassiz, U.S. Grant, Horace Greeley, P.H. Sheridan, W.T. Sherman, H.B. Stowe. Internally generally clean. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman''s Conditions of Sale.
• A collection of carte de visite
  A collection of carte de visite size portraits of stars celebrities and others c. 1900.