Hearth and Home

Multiple artists/makers

1868–70

Not on view

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Title: Hearth and Home
Publisher: Pettengil, Bates & Co. (New York, NY)
Engraver: Nathaniel Orr (American, born London, Ontario, Canada 1822–1908)
Illustrator: Edwin Austin Forbes (American, New York 1839–1895 Brooklyn, New York)
Sitter: Ulysses S. Grant (American, Point Pleasant, Ohio 1822–1885 Mount McGregor, New York)
Date: 1868–70
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 16 5/16 x 11 1/4 in. (41.5 x 28.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Object Number: 33.72.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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