General Grant at City Point - Public domain scan / print

H22257 U.S. Copyright Office

This photograph is a montage or composite of several images and does not actually show General Ulysses S. Grant at City Point. Three photos provided different parts of the portrait. The Library has negatives or prints that show (1) the head, from Grant at his Cold Harbor, Va. headquarters (LC-B8175- 2); (2) the horse and man's body, from Maj. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook (LC-B817- 7204); and (3) the background, from Confederate prisoners captured in the battle of Fisher's Hill, Va. (LOT 4181).
Photo copyrighted and possibly created by L.C. Handy.
Exhibited: "Faking It : Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, N.Y., September - January 2012-2013; at The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February - May 2013; at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, June-August 2013.