Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Grant Portrait Head Walking Stick
- Title:
- Grant Portrait Head Walking Stick
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), American (1822-1885), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1868
- Election Date:
- 1868
- ID Number:
- 2214.PD0033
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214PD0033.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- decorative art (art genre)
walking sticks
portraits
metalwork (visual works)
- Materials/Techniques:
- Casting
Metal
Wood (plant material)
Painting (coating)
- Subject:
- Walking sticks
Portraits
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Politics
Promotional materials
Portraits
Heads (representations)
- Measurement:
- 6.6675 (Portrait Headpiece) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Walking stick consists of a cast metal portrait of Ulysses S. Grant atop a black-painted wooden shaft. Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates the walking stick 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.
