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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08469 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. Type inscribed on bottom of mount reads, "A. Bogardus & Co. 872 Broadway, corner 18th Street, New York." Alternate, clearer copy of GLC07808.044.

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

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