LEE, ROBERT E., General, C.S.A. Carte-de-visite portrait photograph signed twice ("R.E. Lee"). Albumen print, 100 x 62mm. (3 15/16 x 2 7/16 in.), on standard cardboard mount with imprinted legend on verso: "Photographed by A.H. Plecker, Travelling Gallery," the image rather yellowed and with a few smudges, verso with two Lee signatures (one with addition: "Pres. W[ashington] C[ollege], and, beneath, a note in another hand: "June 5th 1867...J.J. Carter," showing a dignified Lee as President of Washington College, facing left. [with] Carte-de-visite photograph of Washington College, Lexington, Virginia. Albumen print, 101 x 64mm. (4 x 2 1/2 in.), browned, verso with imprint of "Boude & McClelland, Photographers, Lexington, Va.," and ink inscription: "From John Carter to his sister Medora's album, Lexington, Va., Aug. 18 1866." (2)

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LEE, ROBERT E., General, C.S.A. Carte-de-visite portrait photograph signed twice ("R.E. Lee"). Albumen print, 100 x 62mm. (3 15/16 x 2 7/16 in.), on standard cardboard mount with imprinted legend on verso: "Photographed by A.H. Plecker, Travelling Gallery," the image rather yellowed and with a few smudges, verso with two Lee signatures (one with addition: "Pres. W[ashington] C[ollege], and, beneath, a note in another hand: "June 5th 1867...J.J. Carter," showing a dignified Lee as President of Washington College, facing left. [with] Carte-de-visite photograph of Washington College, Lexington, Virginia. Albumen print, 101 x 64mm. (4 x 2 1/2 in.), browned, verso with imprint of "Boude & McClelland, Photographers, Lexington, Va.," and ink inscription: "From John Carter to his sister Medora's album, Lexington, Va., Aug. 18 1866." (2)