Grant and His Family
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Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number
NPG.84.195
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Art Historical Context
**Grant and His Family**, a poignant 1867 print by artist William Sartain (1843–1924), offers an intimate portrait of Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant alongside his wife, Julia Boggs Dent Grant and their children. Created just two years after the victory, this work from the Smithsonian American Art Museum the family in a domestic interior, complete with a table, chair, and book—elements that humanize the general on the cusp of national prominence. Sartain, a skilled printmaker known for his detailed reproductive engravings, likely drew from photography or sketches to immortalize this moment. T...