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Van Loo, Leon, fl. 1865 [Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with aides Adam Badeu & Orville E. Babcock]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10011 Author/Creator: Van Loo, Leon, fl. 1865 Place Written: Cincinnati, Ohio Type: Photograph signed Date: May 1865 Pagination: 1 item; Framed Dimensions: 21 x 17 in. Order a Copy

One signed photograph of Ulysses S. Grant dated May 1865. Depicts Grant seated in stuffed sedan, center (3 stars) with smoking cigar, flanked by Badeau and Babcock (aide de camp). "1866" written under Grant's signature. Portrait by Leon Van Loo.

Van Loo, Leon, fl. 1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Babcock, Orville E., 1835-1884
Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895

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