Re-Construction, or "A White Man's Govenment" — Currier & Ives|Ulysses S. Grant | DiscoverArt

Currier & Ives|Ulysses S. Grant

Re-Construction, or "A White Man's Govenment"

1868

Lithograph

22.9 × 36.8 cm (9 × 14.5 in)

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