Washington D.C. - The Inauguration - President Grant taking the oath of office [March 4, 1873] – Antique Wall Art
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(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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A window into the past: Washington D.C. - The Inauguration - President Grant taking the oath of office [March 4, 1873], preserved in this antique engraving. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Washington D.C. - The Inauguration - President Grant taking the oath of office [March 4, 1873]
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Ulysses S. Grant is shown taking the oath of office on March 4, 1873, the start of his second term, with Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administering it. The record identifies the scene as Washington, D.C., and the print is a wood engraving of the kind that filled illustrated weekly newspapers in the 1870s, when engravers turned photographs and sketches into blocks that could be printed alongside the news. Chase, who had also been a Lincoln-era Treasury secretary, died only weeks after this ceremony, which gives the moment added weight for viewers today.
| Created / published | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880. |
| Subjects | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885--Inauguration, 1873. Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland),--1808-1873--Public appearances. Oaths--1870-1880. Presidential inaugurations--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,114 × 3,880 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-202217 |
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