Albumen or matte collodion photograph mounted on original studio card within contemporary archival outer matting. Inscribed in period brown ink on the mount below the image: "James Longstreet / Lieut. General C.S.A. / January 1894", with gift or owner inscription at lower left: "Mrs. C. C. Sanders / Ormond, Gainesville" and a blindstamped/printed Gainesville photographer credit at lower right. Gainesville, Georgia, January 1894. Mount measures approx. 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.; outer presentation mat measures approx. 8 x 10 in.

A candid late-life portrait of Robert E. Lee's "Old War Horse," Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet (1821 - 1904), taken on the porch of his residence in Gainesville, Georgia.

Longstreet is depicted seated outdoors in a wooden rocker lined with a white pillow and blanket, dressed in a dark civilian three-piece suit and broad-brimmed felt hat, turned in profile toward the yard. The inscription ties the image directly to Gainesville society, bearing a dedication to the wife of Colonel Christopher Columbus Sanders, commander of the 24th Georgia Infantry and prominent Gainesville civic leader and banker. In his post-war years, Longstreet's embrace of the Republican Party, friendship with Ulysses S. Grant, and criticism of Lee's tactics at Gettysburg made him a controversial figure among Lost Cause adherents. Authentic late-19th-century photographs of the general captured at his Georgia homestead are decidedly scarce.

[James Longstreet, General Longstreet, Old War Horse, Lieutenant General, CSA, Confederate General, Gainesville Georgia, 24th Georgia, C.C. Sanders, Piedmont Hotel, Army of Northern Virginia, Cabinet Card, 1894, Late Life Portrait, Confederate Americana]

Very good condition. The print exhibits rich, warm tones and excellent sharpness. It is neatly corner-mounted onto an archival mat, retaining sharp, clear period ink inscriptions across the lower margin.