Title

President Lincoln and His Cabinet, with Lt. Gen. Scott, in the Council Chamber at the White House

Creator

Robert Whitechurch
Christian Schussele

Files

Creator Role

engraver artist

Description

The steel engraving features a black and white image of Abraham Lincoln and his 1861 cabinet members. Pictured from left to right are Edward Bates (Attorney General), Gideon Welles (Secretary of the Navy), Montgomery Blair (Postmaster General), William Henry Seward (Secretary of State), Salmon Portland Chase (Secretary of the Treasury), the President, General Winfield Scott (Chief of the Army), Caleb Blood Smith (Secretary of the Interior), and Simon Cameron (Secretary of War). Since the engraving lacks a publication line, it may never have been issued, perhaps because Scott retired and Cameron had been replaced by February 1862.

Description Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/430870 (accessed June 18, 2018).

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1861

Measurement

8 X 11 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper steel engraving

Inscription

Recto, top right corner, handwritten in pencil: proof copy 35- recto, beneath image, print signatures: Schuessele / Whitechurch verso, handwritten in pencil: 40-"

Subjects

Cabinet officers--United States; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Work Type

Engraving

Class

prints

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Related Source

See item 390.

ID

2417

Digital ID

FVW_02417

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.