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Thaddeus Stevens

  • ARTIST: C. Eberman

  • PUBLISHER: Published by J. E. Barr, Lancaster, Penna.

  • MEDIUM: Mezzotint engraving,

    DATE: 1867.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 17 7/8 x 14 5/16" (45.5 x 36.3 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Mezzotint portrait by John Sartain after a photograph by C. W. Eberman. Published by J. E. Barr, Lancaster, Pa., 1867. Artist’s proof signed “John Sartain” in pencil. <br><br> Stevens’ chairmanship of the House Ways & Means Committee during the Civil War made him very influential. Along with Charles Sumner in the Senate, he led the radical Republicans in their opposition to Lincoln’s post-war moderate Reconstruction plans. A strong emanicpationist, Stevens proposed the 14th Amendment, which enfranchised blacks.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Fair condition, is light stained (caused by exposure to UV light). Some white residue within the image.

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