A Signed CDV of Gen. Robert E. Lee in His Confederate General’s Uniform, Taken By Noted Richmond Photographer Julian Vannerson
Accompanying this is a signed CDV of Lee’s wife, Mary Custis Lee, likely taken and signed at the same time
This is our first signed CDV of Lee in uniform in some years
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....
This is our first signed CDV of Lee in uniform in some years
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. He sat for photographers in Richmond taken by noted Confederate-era photographers, most notably for Minnis & Cowell in 1862, and Julian Vannerson (of Vannerson and Jones), both in 1864 -early1865.
On January 1, 1865, General Robert E. Lee sat for photographs at the studio of Julian Vannerson and C.E. Jones. This photo emerged from that sitting. It is a CDV of Lee in uniform, signed “R.E. Lee.” On the verso appears the imprinted backstamp of photographers Vannerson & Jones, Richmond, Va.
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