Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Carte-de-visite of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant [photograph].

BIB_ID
194086
Accession number
MA 23144
Display Date
Place not specified; 1868?
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Description
1 photograph + envelope
Notes
Previously accessioned MA 3553.
The identity of the photographer is unknown.
Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant were the parents of Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885), the 18th President of the United States.
Envelope labeled "Mr. and Mrs. Grant / Presented to me by Mr. Grant / Jan. 24 1868, the / day after his 74th / birthday."
10.1 x 6.3 cm
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Summary
Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Grant with Mr. Grant seated and facing forward and Mrs. Grant, facing forward, behind and to the right of Mr. Grant with her right hand on his right shoulder.
Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Classification