Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This is a black and white illustration of Roger Brooke Taney, the fifth chief justice of the United States who delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), ruling that African Americans could not be considered U.S. citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the U.S. territories. Taney is depicted as wearing a dark robe over a dark suit, vest, and tie. He is seated with one hand on his lap and the other resting on a stack of what appears to be books. The artist's name is in the lower left corner of the illustration. Taney's signature is depicted beneath the illustration. This illustration is from volume four 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
Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777 – 1864
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V4_R-B-Taney_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 4
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, Roger Brooke Taney" (1890). Images. 205.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/205