Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Premier Auction | Session III

Sat, May 18, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1909

Robert E. Lee and Generals Cartes-de-Visite

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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framed presentation with Robert E. Lee center, signed "R Lee" and embellished with Confederate and American Flags, signed "P.T. Beauregard 1867" on left and signed "W.E. Starke of Louisiana" on right, each 2-1/4 x 3-3/4 in., hand written note verso, "actually personally signed autographs given to my great grandmother Mrs. (General) Philip St. George Cocke and presented to me by my mother, Lucy Hamilton Cocke Elliot", signed "John Page Elliot", 8-5/8 x 14-3/4 in.

, Provenance: Historic Bremo Plantation, Bremo, Virginia

Condition

fading to cartes-de-visite, stains to gray mat, abrasions to frame

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