Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Artist
Constant Mayer
(American (b. France), 1832 - 1911)
CultureAmerican
Date1866
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 49 3/4 x 43 in. (126.4 x 109.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 49 3/4 x 43 in. (126.4 x 109.2 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated lower left: Constant Mayer 1866
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.896
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting of Lieutenant General Ulysses Simpson Grant. It is painted from life, meaning that Grant gave the artist at least one sitting. General Grant wears a dark blue uniform with three stars on each shoulder and a white shirt underneath. Supported by a boulder, he leans on his right forearm and elbow and he looks past the viewer. A gray and blue cloud-filled sky is the backdrop.Label TextConstant Mayer American (b. France, 1832–1911) Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 1866 Oil on canvas Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.896 ProvenanceHoffman House, Madison Square, New York, 1882 or after;...;M.R. Schweitzer, New York City, 1967; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1967; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, 1967; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to Chrysler Museum of Art, 1971. Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Americus Republican Club, Pittsburgh, Pa., for the celebration of Grant’s birthday, April 27, 1888. Hoffman House Hotel, Madison Square, New York, N.Y., 1882-at least 1889. "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 21, 2005 - February 19, 2006. "The Civil War: Visual Perspectives, Then and Now," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 6 - July 24, 2011. "American Treasures at the Willoughby-Baylor House," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 2 - December 1, 2013. Published ReferencesDennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 82. Martha N. Hagood and Jefferson C. Harrison, _American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_ (Norfolk, Va.: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005), 80, no. 44. ISBN: 0-940744-71-6
