Eminent Upholders in Congress of the War for the Union

Black and white print with oval vignettes of Members labeled, “Roscoe Conkling, NY; John A. Kasson, Iowa; Lyman Trumbull, Ill; Reuben E. Fenton, N.Y.; Elihu E. Washburne, Ill; William D. Kelley, Pa.; Henry S. Lane, Ind.; George W. Julian, Ind.; John P. Hale, N.H.; Henry Winter Davis, M.D.; Zachariah Chandler, Mich.; Benjamin F. Wade, Ohio. Eminent Upholders in Congress of the War for the Union.”

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Date

1863-1864

Dimensions

9 1/2 × 6 1/8 in. (24.1 × 15.6 cm)

Accession Number

2007.293.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Images of a dozen Members of Congress float in ovals above an ornate rolling title in this popular print from the start of the Civil War. It was engraved by Henry Bryan Hall, an English-born artist who came to New York in the 1850s and established himself as a portrait engraver. This work, of which many copies survive, was likely distributed during the 1864 election season.

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