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Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark military coat and slouch hat, standing beside a map, field glasses and a pipe, with a rocky landscape behind him.

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in Military Dress

A bearded man in a dark military-style coat and wide-brimmed hat stands before a map spread across a table, with field glasses and a pipe beside it. A rocky, sunlit landscape with a dark sky fills the background. The oil painting uses warm, dramatic lighting and a dark, earthy palette.

Artist
Ole Peter Hansen Balling
Date
1865
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
3156 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1865).
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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