I
am trying to sell this for an *0 Year old Pastor Friend of mine that is
going to a retirement Home and needs the money. If anyone interested
please let me know. I have it posted on Craigslist.
Cousin John Pippin
1870 hand colored engraving of Robert E. Lee, over an inscription
reading SOLD BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ERECTION OF A MONUMENT AT THE TOMBE OF GENL. R.E. LEE AT THEWASHINGTON
& LEE UNIVERSITY, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA". Engraved by A. B. Walter,
after a photo from life. Lower margins with facsimile signatures of Lee;
Gen. W. Pendleton, Chairman; and Chas. A. Davidson, Secretary. Stamp on
back for Johnson's, Capital Blvd, Nashville. Wooden frame. Sight:
27-3/8" x 23-1/2", Framed 30" x 26". Note: Pendleton acted as Lee's
artillery chief during the Civil War and became chairman of the Lee
Memorial Association afterwards, dedicating himself to preserving Lee's
"sacred memory." This print was sold during a lecture tour in the 1870s
in order to help pay for a memorial monument in Lee's Chapel.
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