RARE E.C. MIDDLETON OIL PAINTING OF U.S.GRANT DATED 1864

ONE OF SEVERAL ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS OF THE FAMOUS CINCINNATI ARTIST (E.C. MIDDLETON) KNOWN FOR OIL PAINTINGS OF SUCH PEOPLE AS SIMON KENTON, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HIS WIFE MARTHA, GENERAL JACKSON ETC. ALL MARKED ON BACK WITH THE DATE IT WAS PAINTED AND SIGNED BY THE SHOP. ONLY SEVERAL A YEAR OF THESE APPEAR AT THE CIVIL WAR SHOWS. LIGHT STAINING AROUND HIS HEAD WITH PERIOD BLOWN BUBBLED GLASS AND THE ORIGINAL FRAME. NO RIPS, CUTS OR CHIPS. A REAL NEAT PIECE OF EARLY CINCINNATI HISTORY. JULIA GRANT REMAINED AT COVINGTON KENTUCKY ALL DURING THE WAR. GENERAL GRANT WROTE LETTERS TO HER EVERYDAY. SUPER NICE PRESENTATION AT A BARGAIN PRICE.

$700.00
I ALSO HAVE ABRAHAM LINCOLNS IMAGE PAINTED THE SAME YEAR ON THE FRONT LISTING. FROM A PRIVATE MIDDLETON COLLECTION OUT OF MICHAGAN.