Ulysses S. Grant from USA

A humidor made of warmly toned burled maple with a cedar and glass interior.

A humidor made of warmly toned burled maple with a cedar and glass interior.

A nickeled brass shoehorn with a faux-tortoiseshell handle

A painted, modernist slat bench or table.

In a career spanning over 30 years, New York City artist Christopher Russell has devoted himself to creating unique works of art, functional design...

Grant, Ulysses S. Large Albumen Photograph Magnificent large albumen photograph of Ulysses S. grant by Abraham Bogardus. An unusually large late (circa 1880) photograph of Grant, post-presidency, in formal dress, sitting and in partial profile. Mounted on thick card with the photographer’s credit and address (“A. Bogardus / 872 Broadway, NY”) on matte below the photo. The photographer, Anthony Bogardus, was a photographic pioneer, described by the New York Times as “the best-known photographer in the United States” in his prime who took “the first photographs of Gen. Grant, Gen. Hancock, Samuel D. Morse, inventor of the telegraph; Horace Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher and other equally well-known men.” The engravers Currier & Ives produced an engraving based on this photograph, calling it “the last and best taken of General Grant...

A color print, depicting a siamese cat. Gladys Emerson Cook. Solid cherry wood frame, polished and beeswaxed. USA circa 1940.

A color lithograph, depicting a horse head Rosebend. Signed C. W. Anderson. Solid cherry wood frame, polished and beeswaxed. Usa circa 1950.