Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of Thaddeus Stevens, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against black Americans, Stevens sought to secure their rights during Reconstruction, leading the opposition to U.S. President Andrew Johnson. Stevens is depicted wearing a dark suit, vest and tie with a white shirt. The engraver, G. E. Perine, is names along the bottom edge of the illustration and Stevens' signature is depicted below along with a typed caption of his name. The illustration is from volume eight 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
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792 – 1868; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V8_Thaddeus-Stevens_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 13
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, Thaddeus Stevens" (1890). Images. 468.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/468