General Grant at the tomb of Abraham Lincoln: Oak Ridge cemetery Springfield, Illinois – Vintage Print
(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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This rare antique lithograph captures General Grant at the tomb of Abraham Lincoln: Oak Ridge cemetery Springfield, Illinois in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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General Grant at the tomb of Abraham Lincoln: Oak Ridge cemetery Springfield, Illinois
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Grant's visit to Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, is the detail that sets this lithograph apart from other Currier & Ives portraits of the general. Lincoln was buried there in 1865, but his permanent tomb was not completed until 1874, so the scene shows a cemetery still awaiting its final monument. Published around 1868, the print appeared during the years when Grant, the Union army's commanding general, was becoming a national political figure and was soon to be elected president. Images that pair him with Lincoln's grave reflected how closely the public linked the two men's wartime legacies.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1868. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2447 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,245 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174518 |
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