Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of Roger B. 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 wearing a dark coat, dark vest and gray shirt. The shading behind the illustration is dark and the artist's name is in the lower right corner. Taney's name is captioned beneath the illustration. The illustration is within volume two 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 B., 1777 – 1864
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V2_Roger-B-Taney_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2
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 B. Taney" (1890). Images. 94.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/94