Price: $475.00
SKU: 45081
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: Artist's proof. Signed by the engraver, John Sartain, in pencil.
CONDITION: Fine condition; on mounted chine colle as issued.
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