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William F. Cogswell: Ulysses S. Grant (

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Artist

William F. Cogswell (1819–1903)
Alternative names	William Cogswell; William Cogwell; Cogswell
Description	American painter
Date of birth/death	1819	24 December 1903
Location of birth/death	Fabius	Pasadena
Work period	1840s+
Work location	New York, California, Hawaii
Authority file	: Q5610399 VIAF: 26974669 ISNI: 0000000067050804 ULAN: 500016038 LCCN: nr98003009 WorldCat

Title

Ulysses S. Grant

Object type

painting

Date

1868

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 73.7 cm (29 in); width: 61 cm (24 in)

Collection

White House

	Native name	White House
	Parent institution	White House Complex
	Location	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, District of Columbia 20500 United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 52″ N, 77° 02′ 12″ W
	Established	1792
	Website	whitehouse.gov
	Authority file	: Q35525 VIAF: 155235437 ULAN: 500312779 LCCN: sh85146483 NAID: 10676368 NLA: 49682301 WorldCat

Current location

Washington, D.C., United States

Notes

Notes from Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008:
Artist William Cogswell painted this portrait of President Ulysses S. Grant the year before Grant began his first term in office. According to Laura Cooke, the widow of Henry Cooke (the original owner of the portrait), Cogswell worked in a studio improvised at the Cooke family home in Washington, D.C. Grant was an intimate friend and frequent visitor there. Laura Cooke reportedly termed the painting “a most speaking likeness to the General, so considered by himself, and all who saw it.” Henry Cooke’s brother, New York financier Jay Cooke, called the Cogswell portrait “the best picture of Grant in existence.” The Senate acquired the painting in 1886, one year after Grant’s death.

A favorite during the Grant administration, the self-trained Cogswell also painted a large group portrait of the president and his family, now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. The artist had a studio in New York City for many years and also traveled extensively; in Hawaii he painted portraits of King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani. Cogswell portrayed other prominent individuals, including President William McKinley, General Philip Sheridan, naturalist Louis Agassiz, California Governor Leland Stanford, and banker Jay Cooke. The official White House portrait of Abraham Lincoln, as selected by President Grant, was painted by Cogswell; it remains in the White House collection.

Source/Photographer

The United States Senate

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