Robert E. Lee
1865
15.0 x 20.0 cm
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio (? – ?)
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This photograph is one of six that Mathew Brady took of Robert E. Lee upon his return to his home in Richmond, Virginia. The date of the photograph was April 16, 1865, Easter Sunday, a week after Lee had surrendered to Grant at Appomattox.
Over dit kunstwerk
- Titel: Robert E. Lee
- Kunstenaar: Mathew Brady Studio
- Jaar: 1865
- Oorspronkelijke afmetingen: 15.0 x 20.0 cm
- Formaat: Portrait
- Auteursrechtelijke status: Onder auteursrechtelijke bescherming
- Locatie: National Portrait Gallery
- Kleurenpalet: Earthy
- Kleurtoon: Yellow-Green Range