Ulysses Gallery

Ulysses S. Grant - US President and Military Commander

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) - 18th president of the United States (18691877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Date: circa 1920s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Allegorical representation of Greece by Choiseul-Gouffier

Allegorical representation of Greece by Choiseul-Gouffier. She sits with her arm on the tomb of Leonidas, in front of funeral monuments including Simonides of Ceos's poem to the 300 Spartans who died at the Battle of Thermopylae. La Grecia come rappresentata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1842

© Florilegius

Miss Susan Bligh as Calypso, by Madame Yevonde

Miss Susan Bligh as Calypso, by Madame Yevonde. Calypso played hostess to Ulysses when he was shipwrecked on her island. Susan Rachel Bligh (1916-1983) was the daughter of Noel Bligh (son of the 8th Earl of Darnley). Her elder sister Jasmine was one of the first TV announcers. Date: 1935

© Yevonde Portrait Archive/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

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