Unconditional Surrender Grant, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Unconditional Surrender Grant, from "Harper's Weekly"
Unconditional Surrender Grant, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 21, 1868
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 3/16 × 13 3/4 in. (23.3 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 16 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (41.9 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.106
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Date "November 21, 1868," publisher, and page number "745" typeset along the left perimeter of the image, at the top of the sheet.
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