Sepia studio portrait of a bearded man in a dark military-style coat with shoulder straps, one hand in his pocket, standing before a plain backdrop.

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, carte-de-visite

A standing bearded man in a dark military-style frock coat with shoulder straps and a star insignia, one hand in his trouser pocket and the other near his waist. Albumen print carte-de-visite with the printed imprint F. Gutekunst, Photog'r. along the bottom of the mount.

Artist: Frederick Gutekunst
Date: 1865
Medium: Albumen silver print on paper
Source: Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size: 2431 × 4000 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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