Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of Henry Ward Beecher, an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. Beecher is depicted as seated beside a table with his hands folded over his lap. Beecher is depicted wearing a dark suit, vest, and tie and books and an ink well are depicted on the table beside him. A cityscape scene beyond a body of water is depicted in the window behind the table. Beecher's signature is depicted below the illustration with the caption "Likeness from an approved photograph from life" beneath it. The illustration is from volume nine 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
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813 –1887; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V10_Beecher_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 10
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, Henry Ward Beecher" (1890). Images. 534.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/534