Sepia studio portrait of a bearded man in a dark military coat with shoulder straps, standing against a plain backdrop, with a printed caption below.

Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, carte de visite

A bearded man in a dark military frigate-style coat with shoulder straps and buttoned front stands before a plain studio backdrop, one hand resting at his waist. A printed caption along the bottom of the card reads "Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant." The albumen print has a warm sepia tone and a white mounting border.

Artist: Unidentified Artist
Date: 1865
Medium: Albumen silver print
Source: Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size: 2553 × 3999 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1865).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery

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