{"product_id":"oil-portrait-study-of-confederate-general-robert-e-lee-circa-2018","title":"Oil Portrait Study of Confederate General Robert E. Lee","description":"\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"17lqmbs\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"61\"\u003e🎖️ Attributed to Daniel Robbins (American, Contemporary)\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"ybmxsc\" data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"132\"\u003eOil Portrait Study of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Circa 2018\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"200\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1wpc66k\" data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"225\"\u003e🖼️ Subject \u0026amp; Medium\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"603\"\u003eAn atmospheric and finely executed cabinet-sized oil portrait depicting Confederate General Robert E. Lee in later life, attributed to contemporary American painter Daniel Robbins, circa 2018. Executed in oil on hardboard with expressive painterly brushwork and refined tonal handling, the composition presents Lee with introspective dignity and strong psychological presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"605\" data-end=\"950\"\u003eThe artist employs richly textured impasto, nuanced facial modelling, and harmonised tones of cool greys, warm ochres, and muted cream highlights, creating a portrait of notable historical character and decorative sophistication. The intimate scale recalls nineteenth-century private portrait studies and oil sketches intended for close viewing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1080\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"963\"\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil on hardboard\u003cbr data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"983\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"998\"\u003eImage Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22 cm high × 17 cm wide\u003cbr data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1025\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1040\"\u003eFrame Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 31.5 cm high × 26.5 cm wide × 3 cm deep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1148\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1mbo4xp\" data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1174\"\u003e⚔️ Historical Context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1577\"\u003eGeneral Robert Edward Lee (1807–1870) remains one of the most recognisable military figures associated with nineteenth-century American history. Serving as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and later General-in-Chief of Confederate forces during the American Civil War, Lee became internationally known through campaigns including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and the Seven Days Battles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"1895\"\u003eFollowing the Civil War, Lee’s likeness became widely reproduced through paintings, prints, engravings, and photographic studies by Mathew Brady and other nineteenth-century photographers. Over subsequent generations, artists continued interpreting Lee as a significant figure within American historical portraiture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1897\" data-end=\"2105\"\u003eThe present work continues this artistic tradition through a contemporary expressive realist interpretation focused primarily upon memory, character, and historical reflection rather than political symbolism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2107\" data-end=\"2173\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"c49f45\" data-start=\"2175\" data-end=\"2197\"\u003e👤 About the Sitter\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2199\" data-end=\"2442\"\u003eRobert Edward Lee was born at Stratford Hall Plantation, Virginia, in 1807 into a distinguished military family. His father, Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee III, served during the American Revolutionary War and later became Governor of Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2444\" data-end=\"2816\"\u003eLee entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1825 and graduated in 1829 second in his class without receiving a single demerit, an achievement reflecting exceptional discipline and academic ability. Commissioned into the United States Army Corps of Engineers, he spent many years overseeing military engineering and surveying assignments across America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2818\" data-end=\"3093\"\u003eHis national reputation expanded during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), where his reconnaissance and engineering skills earned praise from senior military commanders. Lee participated in several significant engagements including Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and Chapultepec.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3095\" data-end=\"3274\"\u003eIn 1831, Lee married Mary Anna Randolph Custis, a descendant of Martha Washington’s family, and together they raised seven children at Arlington House overlooking Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3276\" data-end=\"3713\"\u003eDuring the American Civil War, Lee commanded Confederate forces and became known for major military engagements including the Seven Days Battles, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Following the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House in April 1865, Lee later became president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, where he promoted education and national reconciliation during the Reconstruction era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3715\" data-end=\"3824\"\u003eHe died in 1870 and remains one of the most visually recognisable figures in American historical portraiture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3826\" data-end=\"3892\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"rhulzg\" data-start=\"3894\" data-end=\"3916\"\u003e🎨 About the Artist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3918\" data-end=\"4173\"\u003eDaniel Robbins is a contemporary American painter associated with expressive realist and impressionistic portraiture. His work demonstrates appreciation for traditional oil painting methods, historical portrait conventions, and painterly surface handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4175\" data-end=\"4536\"\u003eRather than pursuing strict photorealism, Robbins favours visible brushwork, tonal atmosphere, and expressive movement across the painted surface, preserving the vitality of the painting process itself. His portraits frequently balance historical reverence with painterly immediacy, producing works that feel both classically informed and visually contemporary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4538\" data-end=\"4683\"\u003eThe present portrait exemplifies these qualities through its restrained palette, nuanced modelling, and contemplative presentation of the sitter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4685\" data-end=\"4751\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1wmmtec\" data-start=\"4753\" data-end=\"4782\"\u003e✍️ Signature \u0026amp; Attribution\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4784\" data-end=\"4807\"\u003eMonogrammed lower left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4809\" data-end=\"4892\"\u003eHandwritten identification to the verso reading:\u003cbr data-start=\"4857\" data-end=\"4860\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4860\" data-end=\"4892\"\u003e“Daniel Robbins – R.E. Lee.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4894\" data-end=\"5135\"\u003eResearch undertaken by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD identified closely related Robert E. Lee portraits published online by the artist circa January 2018, demonstrating notable stylistic similarities in composition, palette, and handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5137\" data-end=\"5187\"\u003eThe work is therefore appropriately catalogued as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5189\" data-end=\"5261\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5189\" data-end=\"5261\"\u003e“Attributed to Daniel Robbins (American, Contemporary), circa 2018.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5263\" data-end=\"5329\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"ib5wv1\" data-start=\"5331\" data-end=\"5344\"\u003e🪞 Framing\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5346\" data-end=\"5516\"\u003ePresented in an elegant lemon-gilt moulding with linen liner and gilt filet, selected to complement the historical character and painterly sophistication of the portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5518\" data-end=\"5721\"\u003eThe refined framing enhances both the decorative appeal and traditional cabinet-picture presentation of the work, while the subtle gold tones harmonise beautifully with the muted palette of the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5723\" data-end=\"5789\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"14dzjo4\" data-start=\"5791\" data-end=\"5807\"\u003e📏 Dimensions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5809\" data-end=\"5896\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5809\" data-end=\"5819\"\u003eImage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22 cm high × 17 cm wide\u003cbr data-start=\"5843\" data-end=\"5846\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"5846\" data-end=\"5856\"\u003eFrame:\u003c\/strong\u003e 31.5 cm high × 26.5 cm wide × 3 cm deep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5898\" data-end=\"6014\"\u003eAn ideal cabinet-scale work suited to display within libraries, studies, galleries, or curated historical interiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6016\" data-end=\"6082\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1x2hanx\" data-start=\"6084\" data-end=\"6100\"\u003e📜 Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6102\" data-end=\"6241\"\u003eCurated by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD from respected American fine art dealer John Robert Davison of JohnDavisonFineArts, April 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6243\" data-end=\"6310\"\u003eFormerly from a private collector’s estate, Ashland, Virginia, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6312\" data-end=\"6385\"\u003ePrivately loaned for exhibition at the Famous Lord Hill Museum, May 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6387\" data-end=\"6467\"\u003eSubsequently retained within the collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6469\" data-end=\"6570\"\u003eRetains handwritten identification behind the verso cover reading:\u003cbr data-start=\"6535\" data-end=\"6538\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"6538\" data-end=\"6570\"\u003e“Daniel Robbins – R.E. Lee.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6572\" data-end=\"6677\"\u003eThe Virginia estate provenance further enhances the historical context and collecting appeal of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6679\" data-end=\"6745\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"voijf7\" data-start=\"6747\" data-end=\"6771\"\u003e💚 Why You’ll Love It\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"6773\" data-end=\"7397\"\u003e✅ Atmospheric and psychologically engaging historical portrait\u003cbr data-start=\"6835\" data-end=\"6838\"\u003e✅ Richly textured painterly surface with refined tonal handling\u003cbr data-start=\"6901\" data-end=\"6904\"\u003e✅ Elegant period-style framing with strong decorative appeal\u003cbr data-start=\"6964\" data-end=\"6967\"\u003e✅ Cabinet-sized format ideal for intimate display and close viewing\u003cbr data-start=\"7034\" data-end=\"7037\"\u003e✅ Attributed to a contemporary American portrait painter\u003cbr data-start=\"7093\" data-end=\"7096\"\u003e✅ Historically significant and widely recognised subject matter\u003cbr data-start=\"7159\" data-end=\"7162\"\u003e✅ Virginia estate provenance enhancing contextual interest\u003cbr data-start=\"7220\" data-end=\"7223\"\u003e✅ Combines traditional portraiture with contemporary painterly vitality\u003cbr data-start=\"7294\" data-end=\"7297\"\u003e✅ A highly displayable work suited to collectors of American historical portraiture and military art\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7399\" data-end=\"7465\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"6w3biw\" data-start=\"7467\" data-end=\"7489\"\u003e🧾 Condition Report\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7491\" data-end=\"7677\"\u003eThe painting appears in very good overall condition. The paint surface remains stable with attractive texture and strong colour throughout. No significant losses or instability observed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7679\" data-end=\"7817\"\u003eThe frame presents well with light age-appropriate surface wear, minor scuffs, and scratches consistent with careful handling and display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"7819\" data-end=\"7847\"\u003eReady for immediate display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"057469c9-0034-4c0d-915e-bc309e104c2c\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-1-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-id=\"cde53e37-bf08-4d06-961b-09bec3cdfbee\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"thread-bottom-container\" class=\"group\/thread-bottom-container relative isolate z-10 w-full basis-auto has-data-has-thread-error:pt-2 has-data-has-thread-error:[box-shadow:var(--sharp-edge-bottom-shadow)] md:border-transparent md:pt-0 dark:border-white\/20 md:dark:border-transparent content-fade single-line flex flex-col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-token-text-secondary relative mt-auto flex min-h-8 w-full items-center justify-center p-2 text-center text-xs md:px-[60px]\"\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"5336\" data-end=\"5339\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"3609\" data-end=\"3622\"\u003eShipping\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3623\" data-end=\"3732\"\u003eWorldwide Shipping Available — Professionally packaged and fully insured for secure international delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3734\" data-end=\"3864\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3734\" data-end=\"3862\"\u003eAvailable exclusively through Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD — Inquire now to secure this piece.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\u003chr data-end=\"5560\" data-start=\"5557\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56919211901306,"sku":"CAC-SK-0490","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0201\/2227\/1808\/files\/QmoRaq3dEd7-pMYPv5SzyA0_0_gps_generated.png?v=1779526300","url":"https:\/\/cheshireantiquesconsultantltd.com\/ga-je\/products\/oil-portrait-study-of-confederate-general-robert-e-lee-circa-2018","provider":"Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}