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Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation at the White House

1865
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation at the White House
  • Lithographer: Major & Knapp (New York, NY)
  • Publisher: Frank Leslie (American (born England), Ipswich 1821–1880 New York)
  • Sitter: Abraham Lincoln (American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, D.C.)
  • Sitter: Mary Todd Lincoln (American, Lexington, Kentucky 1818–1882 Springfield, Massachusetts)
  • Sitter: Ulysses S. Grant (American, Point Pleasant, Ohio 1822–1885 Mount McGregor, New York)
  • Sitter: Andrew Johnson (American, Raleigh, North Carolina 1808–1875 Elizabethton, Ohio)
  • Sitter: Julia Dent Grant
  • Sitter: William Tecumseh Sherman (American, Lancaster, Ohio 1820–1891 New York)
  • Sitter: George Gordon Meade (American, 1815–1872)
  • Sitter: Joseph Hooker (American, 1814–1879)
  • Sitter: Charles Sumner (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1811–1874 Washington, D.C.)
  • Date: 1865
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 14 3/4 × 20 1/16 in. (37.5 × 50.9 cm)
    Sheet: 17 1/8 × 20 1/16 in. (43.5 × 50.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Harry G.Friedman, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.706.112
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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