Title

Union

Creator

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

Files

Creator Role

engraver; artist; printer; publisher; copyrighter

Description

The mezzotint and line engraving, colored, depicts various statesmen: Winfield Scott, Lewis Cass, Henry Clay, John Calhoun, 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; This print was reissued about 1861, with a figure of Abraham Lincoln substituted for that of Calhoun

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Illustrator

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

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1852

Measurement

19 1/2 X 26 3/8 inches (image) 23 1/4 X 29 1/2 inches (sheet)

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; Clay, Henry, 1777-1852; Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850; Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866; Portraits; Contemporaries and Associates

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_00650

ID

5075

Digital ID

FVW_05075

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.