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Union.

  • ARTIST: Tompkins Matteson

  • PUBLISHER: Published by William Pate, 16 Burling Slip, N.Y.

  • MEDIUM: Stipple engraving,

    DATE: 1852

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 1/2 x 26 3/8" (494 x 672 mm) plus title and margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: This engraving celebrated the Great Compromise of 1850 that helped to delay the U.S. Civil War for ten years. Shown prominently are twenty-two leading politicians of the day including Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, and Samuel Houston. Approximately nine years later the plate was reworked with a number of the principal figures being altered. These changes reflected a more pro-Union stance. The most noticeable change is Calhoun's head being supplanted by a beardless Abraham Lincoln. In a third edition, he had a beard. First state of three. Engraved by H. S. Sadd.

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  • CONDITION: Good Condition.

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