Surrender of General Lee
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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
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
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Type Of Resource
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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