Ulysses S. Grant, Large Format Photograph Taken Upon his Arrival in Washington, DC to Meet Lincoln, March 1864

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American History, Featuring the Property of N. Flayderman & Co. by Cowan's Auctions

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Lot Description

Albumen photograph, 9.25 x 12.75 in., on original 16 x 20 in. mount, framed, 20 x 24 in. A very rare portrait likely printed around the time of U.S. Grant's death in 1885 from the original, wet plate collodion negative taken on March 8, 1864 by Mathew Brady when Grant first arrived at Washington, DC to meet with President Abraham Lincoln and receive his commission as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

A period, calligraphic manuscript label affixed to the mount below the portrait is inscribed as follows: Ulysses S. Grant as Major General / This picture was taken in Washington, DC Mar. 1863 [sic], immediately after his arrival from the West to take command of the Army of the Potomac. It shows plainly the hard work done by him and the mental anxiety which he must have had at the time when he was called by President Lincoln to assume this important command which had so many times tried to reach Richmond but which under his leadership marched to victory and the close of the Rebellion.

Condition

Photograph in very fine condition. The card mount with some minor soiling and few small stains. The flaws in the photo are in the glass negative from which it was printed ca 1885. They exactly match the flaws seen on the small size copy photo in the National Archive's collection. Accompanied by Letter of Authenticity from Walnut's Antiques.
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