Black and white lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a military-style coat with star shoulder boards, with the caption General U.S. Grant below.

General U.S. Grant, the Nation's Choice for President of the U.S. (lithograph)

A bearded man in a dark military-style coat with shoulder boards bearing stars and a dark cravat looks steadily forward in this half-length lithographic portrait. Shaded tonal modeling and a pale background frame the head and shoulders, with the lettered caption "General U.S. Grant" printed along the bottom edge.

Artist: Currier & Ives Lithography Company
Date: c. 1868
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Source: Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size: 2995 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1873).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery

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General U.S. Grant, the Nation's Choice for President of the U.S. (lithograph)

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