UNMOUNTED SILVER PRINT OF ROBERT E. LEE

UNMOUNTED SILVER PRINT OF ROBERT E. LEE

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Item Code: 1189-191

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This unmounted silver print measures approximately 5.5 inches in length and 4 inches wide. It features a vignette bust view of Robert E. Lee.

This photograph is a lesser-known photograph type called a silver print, where silver halide is suspended in a gelatin emulsion. This emulsion coats the base and then a chemical wash is poured over the paper exposing the image. This image was produced from the original negative by the Cook Studio in Richmond sometime after 1880.

The Cook studio was owned by George S. Cook whose two sons, George LaGrange Cook and Heustis Cook, also worked as photographers. The father, George S. Cook, is famously known for taking the first combat images of ironclads firing on Ft. Moultrie in 1863. George S. was born in 1819 in Connecticut and moved south to Louisiana in 1839. From there, he moved several times (always remaining in the South), making money as a merchant and studying photography until he eventually wound up in Richmond in 1880, where he bought Anderson’s photography studio. This is where many of the original glass plate negatives came from to reproduce his photographs. The Cook studio also purchased other collections of negatives as well.

The photograph is in very good, strong condition with no issues to note. The reverse is clean as well with some minor dirt near the top.   [cla] [ph:L]

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