Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 19th Century vintage outdoor and veiled figures arranged in

and veiled figures arranged in the moralizing grammar of late-century lodge culture

alchemical diagrams

1881 — a presidential portrait of the New York customs man elevated by Garfield's bullet

The face of a man who held the Union together by clauses and concessions

Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 19th Century vintage outdoor and veiled figures arranged inLieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 19th Century a portrait of the Union's quiet butcher, rendered with the three stars he wore as the first lieutenant general since Washington. The likeness carries the weight of a man who fought by arithmetic, willing to spend what the ledger demanded to end the war. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical