Lithograph
- Title:
- Daniel Webster Addressing U.S. Senate in the Great Debate on the Compromise Measures 1850
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1995.587.01
- Creator:
- Jones Clark; Edney, James M.
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Lithograph of Daniel Webster Addressing U.S. Senate in the Great Debate on the Compromise Measures 1850, published by Jones Clark, 1860. View into US Senate Chamber filled with seated men (senators). Daniel Webster in lower right corner with right hand raised at desk, all faces turned toward him and viewer. Left of center, two men (Vice President and Secretary of the Senate) on raised desks with canopy behind them; drape and valance crested with eagle, shield, and arrows. Upper center and right, balconies, held up with Ionic columns with seated men and women; a portrait painting of George Washington in the background. Below image; "Entered according to Acts of Congress in the Year 1860 by JAMES M EDNEY in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York / [outlined] DANIEL WEBSTER ADDRESSING THE UNITED STATES SENATE / [bold block letters] IN THE GREAT DEBATE ON THE COMPROMISE MEASURES 1850. / Published by Jones Clark 83 Nassau St. N. Y." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-27.6 W-33.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- Found in Collection
- People:
- Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
- Subjects:
- Webster, Daniel, Senators (U.S.), Congressmen (U.S.), Slavery, Debates, Debating
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