18thVirginia
Major
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2012
Commandeering family members into posing for photos is often a task that the women of a family undertake with some success. A sketch from Civil War soldier artist Charles Wellington Reed indicates that some things haven't changed that much in the century and a half since the Civil War. The caption in Wellington's sketch reads:
"Now "Ulis" let him do it. It's the way he makes his living. It won't take but a minute. Mrs. U.S. Grant said."
It seems to be the speech of Julia Grant to a reluctant-to-be- photographed Ulysses S. Grant, as recorded by sketch artist/ enlisted man Charles Wellington Reed at City Point, Virginia.
Here's the sketch:
"Now "Ulis" let him do it. It's the way he makes his living. It won't take but a minute. Mrs. U.S. Grant said."
It seems to be the speech of Julia Grant to a reluctant-to-be- photographed Ulysses S. Grant, as recorded by sketch artist/ enlisted man Charles Wellington Reed at City Point, Virginia.
Here's the sketch: