Price
$7,500.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Professionally framed and double matted, letter and signature are clear and bright. Envelope shows age wear and stamped-clipped at top right corner
Size
16.75" x 13.5"
1866 General Robert E Lee Signed Letter Regarding Pamunky Plantation Razed by Union Forces.
Rare autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Robert E. Lee shortly after the Civil War. One page, addressed to artist and Union Civil War Veteran James Hope, who was offering Generel Lee his artwork for purchase. "I thank you for your offer, presented in your note of the 9th Inst. but I am unable to purchase works of art of any kind. The White House of Pamunky as it lives in my memory must suffice for any purposes. 'Very respectfully your obedient sevant'" (abbreviated).
Captain James Hope, a professional artist, was 43 years old and a member of the 2nd Vermont Infantry. Hope had taken part in a dozen engagements prior to Antietam, but disabled by illness, he was assigned to sideline duties as a scout and mapmaker. He recorded in his sketchbook the battle scenes before his eyes, and then after the battle converted his sketches into a series of five large paintings.
$7,500.00
used
Professionally framed and double matted, letter and signature are clear and bright. Envelope shows age wear and stamped-clipped at top right corner
16.75" x 13.5"