Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861 who was an advocate for states' rights, particularly regarding slavery, and minimized the role of the federal government preceding the Civil War. Buchanan is depicted as wearing a dark suite and white shirt and tie. "Engraved from a Daguerreotype by H. B. Hall." is directly beneath the illustration and Buchanan's signature is depicted below the illustration. The illustration is within volume three of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
Publication Date
1890
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.
Publisher
New York : The Century Co
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
Buchanan, James, 1791– 1868
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V3_James-Buchanan_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana
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.
Recommended Citation
"Illustration, James Buchanan" (1890). Images. 129.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/129