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Facsimile of General Grant's Letter

Object Details

  • Date

    1885, published 1886

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Contributors

    Published by U. S. Instantaneous Photographic Company

  • Object Format

    Album

  • Dimensions

    Image: 10 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.
    Mount: 14 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.r. in image: Copyright 1886 by the U.S. Instant Photo Co \ 81

    [See photograph for additional inscriptions]

    Mount:

    l.c. [printed]: THE ABOVE FAC-SIMILE OF GENERAL GRANT'S LETTER, \ Written to Dr. Douglas but a short time before his death, \ Has a value of its own, inasmuch as it expresses, in the formation of its written characters, the feable health of the writer; and its composition, the \ gratitude for universal sympathy shown, and for even the hope, held out to him by Dr. Douglas, of a brief respite. \ 81.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.20.16.11

  • Copyright

    Public domain

This artwork is part of Seven Mile Funeral Cortege of General Grant in New York, August 8, 1885

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