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Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 Albumen of Ulysses S. Grant at time of Lincoln funeral

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03094 Author/Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 22 April 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen Height: 45.3 cm, Width: 38.5 cm Order a Copy

Portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant. Grant wears a black mourning armband, his left hand tucked in his coat in a "Napoleonic" pose. Probably taken while Lincoln's courtege traveled through Philadelphia. (See GLC01270, carte de visite).

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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