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<p>[QUOTE="The Marshall House, post: 268659, member: 4657"]Hi all! After conversing with Marshall's grandchildren, researching our restoration plans, and much more, we have decided to add a portrait of Robert E. Lee to General Marshall's library. Based on photographs and oral histories, we have sufficient evidence of Lee's portrait being hung in the library and, therefore, we are recreating said portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>The photographs we have posted show Lee's portrait (in red square) but the actual photo belonging to Marshall is missing. We need your help to find the right photo! We would like to find the exact one shown in the images we provided and, if found, frame and hang it. Any help you can give towards finding this photo would help!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Note:</b> The photo could be a photo of a portrait as well. Marshall was known to cut things he liked from magazines and frame them as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because the photos we posted are copyrighted, we have provided a link to the high resolution version. Use the blue magnifying glass to zoom in to get a closer look at the portrait on the back right wall of the library, hanging above Marshall's head.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Link:</b> <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/general-marshall-at-leesburg/ZgEBOQ7drTWFeA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/general-marshall-at-leesburg/ZgEBOQ7drTWFeA" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/general-marshall-at-leesburg/ZgEBOQ7drTWFeA</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]84714[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84715[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Marshall House, post: 268659, member: 4657"]Hi all! After conversing with Marshall's grandchildren, researching our restoration plans, and much more, we have decided to add a portrait of Robert E. Lee to General Marshall's library. Based on photographs and oral histories, we have sufficient evidence of Lee's portrait being hung in the library and, therefore, we are recreating said portrait. The photographs we have posted show Lee's portrait (in red square) but the actual photo belonging to Marshall is missing. We need your help to find the right photo! We would like to find the exact one shown in the images we provided and, if found, frame and hang it. Any help you can give towards finding this photo would help! [B]Note:[/B] The photo could be a photo of a portrait as well. Marshall was known to cut things he liked from magazines and frame them as well. Because the photos we posted are copyrighted, we have provided a link to the high resolution version. Use the blue magnifying glass to zoom in to get a closer look at the portrait on the back right wall of the library, hanging above Marshall's head. [B]Link:[/B] [URL]https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/general-marshall-at-leesburg/ZgEBOQ7drTWFeA[/URL] [ATTACH=full]84714[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]84715[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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