February 23rd, 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2012
A Pair of Large Albumen Photographs, 9-1/2” x 11-1/2,” on larger mounts, by The U.S. Inst. Photo. Co., 1886. Each are titled on the mount to include, “Colonel Fred Dent Grant. Eldest Son of General Grant.” Grant was appointed to West Point in 1866 and graduated in 1871. In 1873, he was assigned to the staff of General Philip Sheridan and promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was on the Yellowstone Expedition and was with George Armstrong Custer during the Black Hills expedition. ... plus, Mrs. Algernon Sartoris. Nellie Grant. Only Daughter of the General.” Despite her father's disapproval, Nellie was married to Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris, a wealthy English singer, son of Adelaide Kemble and nephew of the famous actress Fanny Kemble, in a lavish White House ceremony on May 21, 1874. Both photographs are professional and Fine.
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