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Tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant, Riverside Drive, New York City / Grant Wright, 1897. – Antique Print

Tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant, Riverside Drive, New York City / Grant Wright, 1897., New York : Brett Lithographing, 1897. — antique lithograph
Tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant, Riverside Drive, New York City / Grant Wright, 1897., New York : Brett Lithographing, 1897.. Antique lithograph 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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Step back in time with Tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant, Riverside Drive, New York City / Grant Wright, 1897., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant, Riverside Drive, New York City / Grant Wright, 1897.

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Here the subject is a monument rather than a portrait: this color print shows the granite tomb of Ulysses S. Grant on Riverside Drive in Manhattan, the year it opened. Grant, who led Union armies in the Civil War and later served as the 18th president, died in 1885, and his remains waited in a temporary vault for years while the public raised money for a permanent memorial. The tomb was dedicated in April 1897, and this chromolithograph, printed that year by a New York firm, captures the new landmark while it was still fresh.

Created / publishedNew York : Brett Lithographing, 1897.
Medium1 print : chromolithograph.
GenreChromolithographs Color 1890-1900.
NotesCopyright by Charles Austin Bates, New York.
SubjectsTombs & sepulchral monuments--New York (State)--New York--1890-1900. General Grant National Memorial (New York, N.Y.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,203 × 987 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216549

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