"Surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865"

Artifact

Print (Visual work)

Date Made

1865

Subject Date

09 April 1865

Creators

Currier & Ives 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York 

Keywords

United States, Virginia, Appomattox 

Prints (Visual works) 

Lithographs 

Civil wars 

Surrenders 

American Civil War, 1861-1865 

Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 

Collection Title

Print Collection 

Object ID

58.76.12

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Lithography

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 17.938 in

Width: 13.5 in

Inscriptions

Text reads: SURRENDER OF GENL. LEE, AT APPOMATTOX C.H. VA. APRIL 9th, 1865. To the right of the print: PUBD. BY CURRIER & IVES. In the center: Entered according to Act of Congress AD, 1865 by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of N.Y. To the right: 152 NASSAU ST. N.Y. Beneath this: GENL. GRANT to the left and GENL. LEE to the right.