General Grant, from "L'Illustration Nouvelle"

Various artists/makers

December 15, 1868

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: General Grant, from "L'Illustration Nouvelle"
Artist: Adolphe Martial Potémont, called Martial (French, Paris 1828–1883 Paris)
Publisher: Cadart & Luce (French, active 1867–71)
Printer: Auguste Delâtre (French, Paris 1822–1907 Paris)
Sitter: Ulysses S. Grant (American, Point Pleasant, Ohio 1822–1885 Mount McGregor, New York)
Date: December 15, 1868
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Image: 6 in. × 4 3/4 in. (15.2 × 12 cm)
Plate: 10 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (27.8 × 20.5 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/16 × 12 13/16 in. (48.8 × 32.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Object Number: 83.2.969
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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