| Creator |
Moras, Ferdinand, 1821-1908. |
| Title |
General Grant's voyage around the world [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : F. Moras, 609 Chestnut St |
| Date |
[ca. 1879] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 13 x 9 cm (5 x 3.25 in.) |
| Description |
Trade card promoting clothier Perry & Co. and depicting Ulysses S. Grant's world tour with the nationalities he visited. After
Grant’s presidency ended, he and his wife Julia embarked on a world tour of nineteen countries in Europe, the Middle East,
and Asia departing from Philadelphia in May 1877 and returning to San Francisco in September 1879. In the left, shows Grant
with his wife and son Jesse, crossing a bridge and greeting a clergyman. Sailors stand in the left. Labeled groups of people
stand in their native dress from left to right in a circle: Ireland; Great Britain; France (with Notre Dame); Germany; Spain;
Italy (with Rome and Vesuvius); Turkey (with Constantinople); Egypt (showing the pyramids and camels); India (with Calcutta);
Birma (sic) (showing elephants); Siam; China (showing palanquins and a pagoda); and Japan. In the right, a ship sails on the
Pacific Ocean returning to San Francisco. A group of Americans celebrate the Grants' return and set off a cannon. An American
flag flies on a flagpole.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date inferred from date of event. |
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Copyright statement printed on recto: Copyright by F. Moras. |
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Text printed on verso: Reception of General Grant, Tuesday, December 16th, 1879. Route of parade. The line will move at 10:30
A.M. from a point on Broad Street, near the Junction Station, down Broad to Market, down Market to Fourth, down Fourth to
Chestnut, out Chestnut (passing under the Arch erected by the city in front of Independence Hall) to Thirteenth, down Thirteenth
to Pine, out Pine to Broad, down Broad to Passyunk Avenue. The General with Governor Hoyt and Mayor Stokley, will dismount
on the way up at the Union League. The line will be reviewed as it countermarches on Broad Street. The line will then proceed
west of the new Public Buildings to Market Street and there dismiss. Presented by Perry & Co. Fine tailors and clothiers,
609 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
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Purchased 2015. |
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RVCDC |
| Subject |
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. |
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Travel. |
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Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902 -- Travel. |
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Perry & Co. |
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Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Ethnic stereotypes. |
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Voyages around the world. |
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AAPI. |
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Philadelphia artists. |
| Geographic subject |
Burma -- Description and travel. |
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China -- Description and travel. |
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East Asia -- Description and travel. |
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Europe -- Description and travel. |
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India -- Description and travel. |
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Japan -- Description and travel. |
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Middle East -- Description and travel. |
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Thailand -- Description and travel. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Berman Trade Card Collection - Perry & Co. [P.2015.56.672] |
| Accession number |
P.2015.56.672 |
