Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of Thomas H. Benton, nicknamed "Old Bullion", was 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 light colored coat and dark tie with a white shirt. The artist's name is directly beneath the right corner of the illustration and Benton's signature is depicted in the lower portion of the page 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
Benton, Thomas H., 1782 – 1858
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V2_Thomas-Benton_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, Thomas Hart Benton" (1890). Images. 98.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/98