To the White House, March 4th 1869, (sculpture).

To the White House, March 4th 1869, (sculpture).

Peyrau, August, sculptor.

To the White House, March 4th 1869, (sculpture).

H. 10 5/8 in (with base).

(At feet of Grant:) Ate PEYRAU (Lower back of base:) Ate PEYRAU. 627 BROADWAY (On lower front of base:) TO THE WHITE HOUSE./MARCH 4TH 1869. signed

Caricature portraits of President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax at the time of their inauguration. They standing side by side with their arms linked, Grant smoking a cigar and holding a scroll under his left arm, and Colfax holding a briefcase under his right arm and a scroll in his left hand.

Portrait male -- Grant, Ulysses S. -- Full length

Portrait male -- Colfax, Schuyler -- Full length

Occupation -- Political -- President

Occupation -- Political -- Vice President

Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll

Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 62.107

M. & M. Karolik Collection of American Water Colors & Drawings, 1800-1875, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1962, no. 757.

M. & M. Karolik Collection of American Water Colors & Drawings, 1800-1875, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1962, no. 757.

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