Gaul, Gilbert William, 1855-1919 [Oil painting of General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback overlooking a battlefield]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02201 Author/Creator: Gaul, Gilbert William, 1855-1919 Place Written: s.l. Type: Painting Date: circa 1875 Pagination: 1 art original : oil on board : framed Height: 71 cm, Width: 94 cm Order a Copy
Depicts Grant writing in a notebook while overlooking a battlefield. Several Confederate soldiers lay dead and dying in the foreground. Other Union leaders confer on horseback. Completed in black, white, gray, and brown. Signed by the artist in the lower right corner.
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