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| Keywords: US Grant & family at Karnak temple, 1878.jpg Original and large unsigned albumen photo 9 5 x 11 5 affixed to a 10 75 x 13 mount portraying U S Grant his wife Julia and his two sons Frederick and Jesse posing alongside their guides and porters at the Karnak Temple Complex near the ancient city of Thebes taken circa late January 1878 In fine condition with a few light dings and corner tip bends to image an area of toning to top left affecting just the corner tip of the image and some dings and soiling to mount In the March 4 1878 issue of the New York Herald John Russell Young a correspondent who accompanied Grant during his tour wrote in part ˜We gathered under the shade of a column and having carpeted a broken column for Mrs Grant sat around her and refreshed ourselves out of a basket ¦The General wears his pith helmet swathed in silk and you just catch a glimpse of the eyes and all the force of his brave kind strong face Mrs Grant sits near him shrinking from the sun ™ Grant ™s world tour began shortly after leaving the White House and spanned over two-and-a-half years with stops in England Germany China India Italy and Egypt http //www rrauction com/bidtracker_detail cfm IN 29 RR Auction 1878 unattributed PD-old Ulysses S Grant 1878 photographs | ||||
