Our Three Great Presidents
date: label: Date made
content: 1872
name: label: depicted
content: Washington, George
label: depicted
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: depicted
content: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson)
label: maker
content: Duff & Wettach
notes: label: Description
content: After Lincoln’s assassination, prints depicting George Washington and Abraham Lincoln together became popular, the former imagined as the father of the nation, the latter as its savior. This print also celebrates Grant for the role he played in preserving the national unity Washington had fought to establish a little less than a century before. Printed in 1872, it was likely produced to promote the General’s campaign for re-election that year, which he easily won.
label: Description
content: James B. Duff was a Pittsburgh lithographer active in the second half of the 19th century. During the Civil War, he was severely injured while fighting in the Pennsylvania 39th Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Chancellorsville. After his recovery, he became a lithographer and established the firm Duff & Wettach with Edward Wettach in 1872. In the 1880s, he worked for Duff Manufacturing of Pittsburgh, which fabricated mechanical products. In the 1890s, he was employed by the US Postal Service.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
topic: label: Subject
content: U.S. National Government, executive branch
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1870-1879
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: American Civil War Prints
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3117
label: catalog number
content: 60.3117
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 24 1/4 in x 21 1/2 in; 61.595 cm x 54.61 cm