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Robert E. Lee and Staff [G.W.C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor]
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894 (attributed)
Details
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- Dimensions
- Plate: 9.4 × 7.4 × 0.2 cm (3 11/16 × 2 15/16 × 1/16")
- Holding institution
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Image provider
- smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Group Portrait Both · 99%
The image clearly presents three sitters in a deliberately arranged portrait composition, and the catalog title identifies the group as Robert E. Lee with G. W. C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor.
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War and Military Both · 98%
The three sitters visibly wear military-style uniforms, while the catalog identifies each as a Civil War Confederate Army officer.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 99%
The image is rendered entirely in black, white, and gray tones.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Both · 99%
The supplied image is a monochrome photographic record, and the catalog classifies the object as a Photographic Negative made with the glass plate collodion process.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog dates the object to approximately 1860–70, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Materials
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Glass as Material Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as a glass plate collodion negative and gives the plate dimensions, confirming glass as the support material.
Furniture and Lighting
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Chair Visual · 98%
An ornate wooden chair is a prominent, visibly occupied element at the center of the composition.
Source & rights
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894. Robert E. Lee and Staff [G.W.C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor]. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.