Portrait Gallery Illuminates--Grant's Triumphs, Failures.

Autor/in	Lambert, Robert G., Jr.
Institution	Army Public Affairs, Washington, DC.
Titel	Portrait Gallery Illuminates--Grant's Triumphs, Failures.
Quelle	(1985), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Civil War (United States); Higher Education; Military Science; Museums; National Defense; Painting (Visual Arts); Photography; Presidents of the United States; United States History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Military studies; Militärwissenschaft; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Malerei; Fotografie
Abstract	The 100th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's death was observed on July 23, 1985. The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery featured an exhibit of Grant portraiture, which covered his life, from its humble beginnings to military and political triumphs and to failures and disappointment. The exhibit included pictures, artifacts, and momentos from various times in Grant's life. His military service and two terms as President were emphasized. Grant's changing features were portrayed in photographs, paintings, and engravings from different times in his life span. These portraits seem to show an impassive and lackluster man, a rather ordinary person with little hint of greatness. Yet Grant's seeming ordinariness was a mask for keen intelligence and uncommon military leadership ability. His common ways appealed to masses of common men and enabled General Ulysses S. Grant to lead them to victory in the Civil War. A chronology of main events in Grant's life appears at the end of this essay. (JP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC