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[MIDDLETON, Elijah C. (1818-1883), artist]. “Warranted Oil” Print Portrait of General Grant. [Cincinnati, 1864]. Handsome printed color portrait of Grant. With the following stamped on verso: “Warranted Oil Colors / Entered According to an Act of Congress, in the Year 1864, by E. C. Middleton, Sight approximately 16 x 13”. Framed under glass in the original elaborate oval frame. Frame size approximately 22 x 19”. Some wear, chipping to frame. Fine. Middleton invented a process to print oil images on canvas so average people could display handsome portraits of Civil War figures on canvas for affordable prices. Not examined out of frame.