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Mrs Julia Grant
Brady, Mathew B., born 1823 - died 1896 - Enlarge image
Mrs Julia Grant
- Object:
photograph
- Place of origin:
United States (photographed)
- Date:
c. 1864 (photographed)
- Artist/Maker:
Brady, Mathew B., born 1823 - died 1896 (photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Albumen photograph mounted on card.
- Credit Line:
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
- Museum number:
RPS.2061-2017
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case MB2, shelf SH2, box XRG302
Physical description
Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of Mrs Julia Grant (1826-1902), née Julia Boggs Dent. She was the wife of Ulysses S. Grant (married 1848-1885), and became the First Lady when Ulysses was elected President in 1869.
Place of Origin
United States (photographed)
Date
c. 1864 (photographed)
Artist/maker
Brady, Mathew B., born 1823 - died 1896 (photographer)
Materials and Techniques
Albumen photograph mounted on card.
Marks and inscriptions
BRADY'S / National Photographic Portrait / GALLERIES / Broadway and 10th St, New York / 352 Pennsylvania Avenue / Washington, D.C.
Printed on verso as part of logo.
Mrs Grant
Handwritten on verso in pencil.
wife of Genl Grant / USA
Handwritten on verso in ink.
Dimensions
Height: 93 mm Image, Width: 55 mm Image, Height: 104 mm Card, Width: 62 mm Card
Descriptive line
Photograph by Mathew Brady, Portrait of Mrs Julia Grant, albumen print, c. 1864.
Materials
Photographic paper
Techniques
Albumen process; Photography
Categories
Photographs; Portraits; The Royal Photographic Society; RPS Digitisation Project
Collection
Royal Photographic Society Collection
