Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Grant Portrait Match Case, ca. 1868
- Title:
- Grant Portrait Match Case, ca. 1868
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), American (1822-1885), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1868
- Election Date:
- 1868
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0095
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0095.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- decorative art (art genre)
portraits
Cases (Containers)
- Materials/Techniques:
- Copper alloy
Casting
Plating (metal coating)
- Subject:
- Portraits
Cases (Containers)
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Politics
Promotional materials
Portraits
Busts
Generals
Uniforms
American Civil War
- Measurement:
- 6.35 x 4.445 (Match case) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Plated copper alloy match case in the shape of a bust of Ulysses S. Grant. Base flips open to allow access to matches
there is a striker on the very bottom of the case. Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates the match case to the 1868 Presidential campaign.
- 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.
