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Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Oval albumen bust portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07071 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865/03/02 Pagination: 1 photograph 34 x 26.7 cm Order a Copy

Signed on the mount and dated by Grant as Lt. General. at City Point, Va. However, the vignetted image probably may have been taken 1862-63 because it shows Grant as a Major General with only two stars. (Image dimensions 20.4 x 15.7 cm.)

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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