Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This is a black and white illustration of Thomas Hart Benton, a United States Senator from Missouri who came to oppose the institution of slavery after the Mexican–American War, and he opposed the Compromise of 1850 as too favorable to pro-slavery interests. Benton is depicted as wearing a dark suit, vest and tie with a white shirt. The illustration is "framed" by flowers in an oval shape with a secondary, small illustration of a train bridge over water at the bottom. Benton's signature is depicted at the bottom of the page. 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
Thomas Hart Benton, 1782 – 1858
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V4_Thomas-W-Beutou_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, Thomas Hart Benton" (1890). Images. 209.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/209