Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This sepia toned photograph is of Ulysses S. Grant, an American Commanding General who led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. Grant is shown wearing a dark military uniform with star studded shoulder boards. The coat is fully unbuttoned and the vest is partially unbuttoned. The copyright by M. P. Price is written in the lower right corner of the photograph. The photograph was found tipped in just before the title page of volume nine of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
Publication Date
1890
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Publisher
New York : The Century Co
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
Grant, Ulysses S., 1822 – 1885; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Object Type
image
Format (original)
photograph
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V9_Photograph-Introduction_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 9
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
"Photograph, Ulysses S. Grant" (1890). Images. 513.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/513