Ulysses Simpson Grant, carte-de-visite portrait

A bearded man in a dark military frock coat with shoulder straps sits turned three-quarters toward the camera, hands resting in his lap. The sepia albumen carte-de-visite shows a plain painted studio backdrop, a bow tie and waistcoat, and a worn card mount with a narrow border.

Artist

Barr & Young

Date

c. 1862

Medium

Albumen silver print

Source

Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)

Size

2644 × 4000 px

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