Title

Union

Creator

Henry S. Sadd
Tompkins Harrison Matteson
William Pate
Augustus W. Sexton

Files

Creator Role

engraver; artist; printer; publisher; copyrighter

Description

The colored engraving depicts Abraham Lincoln (reworked over John Calhoun) and other statesmen: Winfield Scott, Lewis Cass, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Millard Fillmore, Howell Cobb of Georgia, James McDowell, Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, John M. Clayton of Delaware, Thomas Corwin, James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, John J. Crittenden, Sam Houston of Texas, Henry Foote of Mississippi, Willie P. Mangum of North Carolina, W. R. King of Alabama, Daniel S. Dickinson of New York, John McLean of Ohio, John Bell of Tennessee, and John C. Fremont of California

Description Source

Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006676694/ (accessed June 7, 2018).

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Illustrator

Matteson, T. H. (Tompkins Harrison), 1813-1884; Sadd, H.S.

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1852

Measurement

23 X 29 1/2 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper

Inscription

Recto, at bottom: PAINTED BY T.H. MATTESON. / ENGRAVED BY H.S. SADD. / UNION. / Published by William Pate. 16 Burling Slip, N.Y. / Entered according to [act of Congress], in the year 1852 by Augustus W. Sexton, in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Court, for the Southern District of New York. / PRINTED BY W. PATE.

Subjects

Legislators--United States--1850-1860; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Work Type

Engraving

Class

print

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 also FVW_05075 for an earlier version of this image without the figure of Lincoln

ID

650

Digital ID

FVW_00650

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.