Engraving

Title:

The United States Senate, A.D.1850

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1995.573.09

Creator:

Rothermel, Peter Frederick; Whitechurch, Robert E.; Butler, John M. (1809-1868)

Place of Origin:

Philadelphia, PA

Date:

1855

Description:

Engraving of The United States Senate, A.D.1850, engraved by Robert E. Whitechurch (1814-1880), after Peter Frederick Rothermel (1817-1895), published by John M. Butler and Alfred Long, 1855. Ink on paper. Man, Henry Clay, at center addresses the senate with his hand raised. Senators seated on left, including Daniel Webster, and senators at right, including Vice President Millard Fillmore look on. Male and female figures seated in upper balcony. Clay is presenting the Compromise of 1850. Signed below print at left: "DRAWN BY P.F. ROTHERMEL." Center: "Entered accord to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by John M. Butler and Alfred Long in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." At left: "ENGRAVED BY R. WHITECHURCH." Title lower margin at center: "THE UNITED STATES SENATE, A.D. 1850. / This Engraving from the Original Picture is respectfully dedicated to the People of the United States by the Publishers / JOHN M. BUTLER AND ALFRED LONG. 84 CHESTNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA, PA." Paper label with typed inscription on glass and on frame reverse: "LOANED BY / THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY". Backing boards labeled with chalk: "1, 2, 3". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame, grapevine exterior and fluted cover; glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-31 W-38 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Clay, Henry (1777-1852), Webster, Daniel (1782-1852), Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874), Rothermel, Peter Frederick (1817-1895), Whitechurch, Robert E. (1814-1880), Butler, John M. (1809-1868)

Subjects:

Senators (U.S.), Debates, Debating, Slavery, Congressmen (U.S.)