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Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

Henry Shrady

A bronze equestrian sculpture group in Washington, made by Henry Shrady, that commemorates General Ulysses S. Grant. This photograph shows it, and it is a later monument rather than a document from Grant's lifetime.

Shows how a later monument commemorates Grant as a military leader, so it belongs in his archive as a memorial to him rather than a primary record.

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Color photograph of a bronze equestrian sculpture group on a white stone base, under trees and blue sky. A mounted rider raises an arm, a horse rears, and a fallen horse lies below, with a flag pole rising behind.
Henry Shrady, Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, Washington. Photograph held by the Art and Visual History media library, Humboldt University of Berlin.

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What it is

This is a photograph of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, a bronze equestrian sculpture group in Washington. It shows a mounted rider raising an arm, a rearing horse, and a fallen horse lying below, with a flag pole rising behind. The sculpture was made by Henry Shrady (1871-1922). The picture is a colour photograph held by the media library of Art and Visual History at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Why it matters

This is a monument made after Grant's life, so it shows how later Americans chose to remember him. The statue presents him as a mounted general in a dramatic scene. A later memorial tells us about the values of the people who commissioned and built it. It should be read alongside sources written by Grant himself and by people who knew him.

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  • What does the rider's raised arm and the rearing horse suggest about how Grant is presented?
  • Why might the sculptor have included a fallen horse beneath the rider?
  • What does a statue leave out that a letter or diary written by Grant would show?

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