• The Wedding at the White House
    Henry Alexander Ogden
    First Family
    wedding
    This hand colored wooden engraving by illustrator Henry Ogden depicts the wedding of Ellen Wrenshall Grant to Algernon Sartoris on May 21, 1874 in the East Room of the White House. Ellen, more often referred to as Nellie, was President Ulysses S. Grant's only daughter. She was 18 at the time of her wedding to Sartoris, a well-to-do English singer. This engraving was published in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" on June 6, 1874.
  • Grant & Bonner -- Dexter's Best Time 2.16 1/4
    J. Hoover & Son
    transportation
    This illustration from 1868 was published by Joseph Hoover of J. Hoover & Son and shows President Ulysses S. Grant and Robert Bonner riding in a horse-drawn carriage in New York. Bonner was a horse owner and publisher of the "New York Ledger." Dexter, the horse in the illustration, was one of his best known horses. Grant reportedly became enamored with Dexter and asked Bonner to give it to him as a gift after this ride happened. Bonner refused because he had great affection for the horse.
  • Ulysses S. Grant
    Unknown
    portrait
    This oil on canvas portrait is of President Ulysses S. Grant. He was the 18th President from 1869-1877. Prior to his presidency, Grant served as an officer during the Civil War, rising to the rank of lieutenant general and obtaining command of all Union Armies. He married Julia Dent in 1848 and they had four children together: Frederick, Ulysses, Nellie, and Jesse.