Julian Vannerson

A photograph of General Robert E. Lee taken in March 1864
Vannerson's photograph of General Robert E. Lee taken in March 1864
Confederate cavalry general James Ewell Brown "J.E.B." Stuart, the only original glass source print (salt), circa 1863[1]

Julian Vannerson (c. 1827 – after 1875) was an American photographer from Virginia during the American Civil War of the 1860s. He is best known for his portrait photographs of Robert E. Lee, taken in March 1864,[2] and of J. E. B. Stuart.

  1. ^ Battlefield Photographer V14, No. 2 August 2016 (Center for Civil War Photography) (courtesy Steven W. Knott)
  2. ^ American photographs: the first century from the Isaacs collection in the National Museum of American Art. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1996. p. 160. ISBN 1-560-98719-7.