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

Record ID: 
194086
Accession number: 
MA 23144
Credit: 
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."

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.
Dimensions: 
10.1 x 6.3 cm
Provenance: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1982.
Classification: