Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Grant The Nation Mourns Memorial Photograph and Frame, ca. 1885
- Title:
- Grant The Nation Mourns Memorial Photograph and Frame, ca. 1885
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Grant, Ulysses S., American (1822-1885), President
- Date:
- ca. 1885
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0053
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0053.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- photographs
portraits
metalwork (visual works)
Frames (Furnishings)
Sculpture
- Materials/Techniques:
- Brass
Gelatin silver print
Casting
- Subject:
- Frames (Furnishings)
Portraits
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Politics
Commemoratives
Portraits
Busts
Flowers
Deaths
Mourning
- Measurement:
- 12.7 x 8.255 (Picture frame) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Item consists of a brass plate with molded brass oval picture frame, molded flowers, and inscription THE NATION MOURNS on a molded banner. Photograph of U.S. Grant is affixed to the oval. Item also contains two legs that allow the frame to stand upright.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
