Painting [realia] : Jesse Root Grant. 1873 circa.

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Painting [realia] : Jesse Root Grant. 1873 circa.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/221322072

Oil on canvas painting is a portrait of Jesse Root Grant, father of Ulysses S. Grant. The bust portrait shows a man with a white beard, glasses, black suit and tie, and a white shirt. He holds a presentation cane with a gold ferrule (a ring or cap). On the back of the portrait, "Long Bransh [sic] 1873, H. Balling" is written. The portrait was painted by Norwegian-born artist Ole Peter Hansen Balling.

1 item ; 63.5 cm x 76 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7028515

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Grant, Jesse Root, 1794-1873

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Jesse Root Grant was President Ulysses S. Grant's father. From the description of Letter : Covington, Ky., to [Elihu Benjamin] Washburn[e], [Washington, D.C.], 1865 Jan. 31. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 84171845 Grant, a successful tanner, was the father of general and president Ulysses S. Grant. From the description of Letter, November 27, 1867. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 304459852 Jesse Root Gran...

Balling, Ole Peter Hansen, 1823-1906

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Ole Peter Hansen Balling exhibited at the National Academy 1863-80 as H. Balling. From the guide to the Ole Peter Hansen Balling receipts for paintings of US Civil War subjects, 1866(?), undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Jesse Root Grant was born on January 23, 1794, near Greensburg, Pennsylvania. After the death of his mother in 1805, his family fell into poverty and Jesse was sent out to make his own way. He began worki...