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Surrender of General Lee

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Image ID

813696


Item data

Title

Surrender of General Lee

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1865

Names

Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891 (Artist)
Meeder, Philip, -1913 (Wood-engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1899

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1865

Subjects

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- 1865
McLean House (Appomattox County, Va.) -- 1865
Surrenders -- Virginia -- Appomattox County -- 1865
Document signings -- Virginia -- Appomattox County -- 1865
Interiors -- Virginia -- Appomattox County -- 1865

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "Copyright, 1887, O. M. Dunham[unintell.]"
Source Note: Ridpath''s universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition, and race development of the greater division of mankind. (New York : Merrill Baker, c1899) Ridpath, John Clark (1840-1900), Author.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 17 x 22 cm. (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613372
Barcode: 33333159325378
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 12c1eec0-c533-012f-62eb-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1899

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Surrender of General Lee" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/12c1eec0-c533-012f-62eb-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1899). Surrender of General Lee Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/12c1eec0-c533-012f-62eb-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Surrender of General Lee" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/12c1eec0-c533-012f-62eb-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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