Image of a certificate issued by the People's Grant Monument Association of Sacramento, California; portraits of Ulysses S. Grant as a young man in 1844 and older in 1879 flank center text; vignettes portraying Grant "going for ammunition at Monterey," at the surrender of "Appomattox," "receiving commission as Lieut[enant] General," on horseback in military uniform near rifles and cannons, and with his family form a frame with the California Capitol building at top center. Single-color print. "Bancroft Lith. S.F."--text, bottom center margin. "... is a Life Member of the People's Grant Monument Association of California. Sacramento, September 14th, 1885... "Let us have peace.""--text, center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 48.26 x 61.28 cm (19 x 24 1/8 in.)
Appomattox Campaign, 1865--Pictorial works Cannons--Pictorial works Capitols--Pictorial works Families--Pictorial works Flags--Pictorial works Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Presidents--United States--Pictorial works Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Sacramento (Calif.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Politics & Social Issues Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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