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Bogardus, A. (Abraham), 1822-1908 [Three-quarter seated portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, facing left]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07808.044 Author/Creator: Bogardus, A. (Abraham), 1822-1908 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: circa 1880 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w Height: 43.1 cm, Width: 26.5 cm Order a Copy

Three-quarter length seated portrait of Grant in civilian dress. Ornately decorated column visible on his left and carved table on his right. Albumen print on thick black mount with rounded corners and gilded edges all around. The address of photographer Abraham Bogardus's New York studio is inscribed in the bottom right corner: "872 Broadway cor. 18th St." Handwritten calculations of unknown origin pencilled on verso.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Bogardus, A. (Abraham), 1822-1908

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