Grant at the capture of the city of Mexico / E. Leutze. – Historic Reproduction
![Grant at the capture of the city of Mexico / E. Leutze., [between 1860 and 1870] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e1/e12c4a4e8c26-L.webp)
(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 Grant at the capture of the city of Mexico / E. Leutze., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Grant at the capture of the city of Mexico / E. Leutze.
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Here Ulysses S. Grant appears as a young officer, not yet a general, during the American capture of Mexico City in September 1847. Grant, then a lieutenant, served in the campaign that pushed from the coast to the capital, a experience that shaped his early career. The picture is a color lithograph after a painting by Emanuel Leutze, the German-born painter best known for *Washington Crossing the Delaware*, and it was issued as a supplement to *Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper*. The record dates it only to the 1860s, when Grant's wartime fame made him a popular subject.
| Created / published | [between 1860 and 1870] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | From the original picture, painted by the late Emanuel Leutze, expressly for Mr. Leslie, and published as a supplement to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. |
| Subjects | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885--Military service. Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns & battles. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,766 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220598 |
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