General U.S. Grant and Family, at Mr. McGregor. Taken June 19th, 1885

by Barrett

$250 · Offered by Biblio

New York: Barrett, 1885. One of multiple copies made, few have survived. Photograph. Fair. Format is 4.25 inches by 6.5 inches, with the image size 5.5 inches by 3.5 inches. The image is somewhat faded but General Grant is seated in the center of the family group, wearing a top hat. A portion of the top left corner has been torn off with only a minor loss of the image. Pencil notation on back restates part of caption. There appear to be 10 other family members, with his two sons on the porch to the right of Grant, two women (one standing and one seated) to his left, and six of varying ages and sexes seated on the steps below. This image was taken about a month before Grant died. Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who created the Justice Department and worked with the Republicans to protect African Americans during Reconstruction. As Commanding General, he led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War. In his retirement, Grant was the first president to circumnavigate the world on his tour, dining with Queen Victoria and meeting many prominent foreign leaders. In the final year of his life, facing severe financial reversals and dying of throat cancer, he wrote his memoirs, which proved to be a critical and financial success. He was memorialized as a symbol o

• Publisher: Barrett
• Year: 1885
• Edition: One of multiple copies made, few have survived
• Binding: unknown

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