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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Copy after
Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896 (Photographer)
Sitter
Robert Edward Lee, 19 Jan 1807 - 12 Oct 1870
Ambrose Everett Burnside, 23 May 1824 - 13 Sep 1881
Date
August 21, 1861
Type
Print
Medium
Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.4 × 8.9 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/2")
Sheet: 40.7 × 27.8 cm (16 × 10 15/16")
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
Topic
Vehicle\Ship
Costume\Dress Accessory\Glove\Gloves
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet
Costume\Dress Accessory\Button\Brass
Illustration
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops
Costume\Dress Accessory\Belt
Robert Edward Lee: Male
Robert Edward Lee: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
Robert Edward Lee: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\College administrator\President
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Male
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\US Senator\Rhode Island
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\Governor\Rhode Island
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
