Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Cornell Political Americana Collection
ID Number:
2214.BB0095
Title:
Grant Portrait Match Case, ca. 1868
Date Made:
ca. 1868
Party:
Republican
Election:
1868
Item Count:
1
Classification:
Decorative Arts
Object Type:
Portraits; Cases (Containers)
Measurements:
Match case: 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.; 6.35 x 4.445 cm
Materials & Techniques:
Copper alloy; Casting; Plating (Metal Coating)
Political Figure:
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Biography:
American, 1822-1885
Relationship:
Presidential Candidate
Notes:
Plated copper alloy match case in the shape of a bust of Ulysses S. Grant. Base flips open to allow access to matches; there is a striker on the very bottom of the case. Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates the match case to the 1868 Presidential campaign.
Subjects:
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885); Politics; Promotional materials; Portraits; Busts; Generals; Uniforms; American Civil War
Repository:
Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214
Rare & Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
Cornell University
Rights:
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