ARTIST: Tompkins Matteson
PUBLISHER: Published by William Pate, 58 & 60 Fulton St. N.Y.
MEDIUM: Stipple engraving,
DATE: 1852-c.1865.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 1/2 x 26 3/8" (494 x 672 mm) plus title and margins.
DESCRIPTION: This engraving was first issued to celebrate the great Compromise of 1850. This compromise helped to delay the U.S. Civil War for ten years. Twenty-two leading politicians of the day including Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, and Samuel Houston. The plate was reworked with a number of the principal figures being changed. These changes reflected a more pro-Union stance. The most noticeable change is the removal of John C. Calhoun's head which was supplanted by a beardless Abraham Lincoln (2nd edition). In this, the third edition a beard has been added. Third state of three. Engraved by H. S. Sadd.
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CONDITION: Good condition, save for occasional rubbing in image.
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