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Object Type
Museum number: 1863,0418.34
Title: Object: Union
Description: Portrait of twenty-two eminent American men, all whole-length, and the bust of Washington, with the 'Constitution of the United States of America', Lincoln about to sing it and holding a quill; shield with the American stars and stripes on the right, a crown on the floor; an eagle and a woman above on the right; after Matteson. 1852 Mixed method mezzotint and etching
Producer name: Print made by: Henry Sadd; After: Tompkins Harrison Matteson; Printed by: William Pate; Published by: William Pate
School/style
Production date: 1852
Production place: Published in: New York (city)
Materials
Technique: mezzotint; etching; mixed method
Dimensions: Height: 151 millimetres; Width: 218 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See 1863,0418.33 for the key.
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Edward Everett; Portrait of: James McDowell; Portrait of: Thomas Hart Benton; Portrait of: John Middleton Clayton; Portrait of: Lewis Cass; Portrait of: Winfield Scott; Portrait of: Henry Clay; Portrait of: Abraham Lincoln; Portrait of: Thomas Corwin; Portrait of: Benjamin Franklin Butler; Portrait of: William Henry Seward; Portrait of: George Washington; Portrait of: Robert Anderson; Portrait of: Stephen Arnold Douglas; Portrait of: Daniel Webster; Portrait of: Daniel Stevens Dickinson; Portrait of: John McLean; Portrait of: John Ellis Wool; Portrait of: John Jordan Crittenden; Portrait of: Sam Houston; Portrait of: Martin Van Buren; Portrait of: John Charles Fremont; Portrait of: Millard Fillmore
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1863
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1863,0418.34

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