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[General Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, in uniform] – Historic Photograph Print

[General Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, in uniform], [between 1870 and 1890] — historic photograph
[General Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, in uniform], [between 1870 and 1890]. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[General Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, in uniform]

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Shown standing, facing forward, and in uniform, this half-length portrait presents Ulysses S. Grant in his military role rather than as a civilian statesman. The record describes it as a photographic print of a drawing, a common method in the 1870s and 1880s for spreading a famous face through books, newspapers and parlor displays. Grant had led the Union armies to victory in the Civil War before serving two terms as president from 1869 to 1877, and a uniformed image like this one kept his wartime reputation before the public. The record gives only a date range, so the exact year is uncertain.

Created / published[between 1870 and 1890]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait drawings Reproductions 1870-1890.Portrait photographs 1870-1890.Photographic prints 1870-1890.
NotesPhotographic print of drawing(?).
SubjectsGrant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885--Military service.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,290 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-187122

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