Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1892.2.1 |
Collection |
U.S. Presidents |
Object Name |
Painting |
Title |
Ulysses Simpson Grant |
Artist |
Antony Lamor |
Date |
n.d. |
Year Range to |
1892 |
Signed Name |
A Lamor |
Signature Location |
lower left |
Description |
Portrait of Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) after a photograph by Frederick Gutekunst. The general, who is dressed in uniform and looks directly at the viewer, strikes a Napoleonic pose appropriate for a victorious military figures, with his left hand tucked into his waistcoat and his right hand in his pocket. The artist embellished the background with a marble column draped with a red curtain. |
Medium |
Oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
H-40 W-30 inches |
Notes |
In the original photograph, taken shortly after Lincoln's death, Grant wears a mourning ribbon on his left arm. In later prints of the same photographic image, the mourning ribbon was removed. The artist based the painting on a later print of the photograph without the ribbon. Given the inscription on the plate reading "Presented by Mr. F. Gutekunst," it is probable that Gutekunst commissioned this painting based on his popular photograph of Grant specifically for presentation to the League. References: Torchia 2005, pp. 58-59, color illus. See May 1892 Board Minutes for gift. |
Provenance |
Gift of Frederick Gutekunst, 1892 |
Legal Status |
Owned by the Union League of Philadelphia |
People |
Grant, Ulysses S. |