Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Engraving |
Title |
Thomas Hart Benton |
Catalog Number |
UNNUMBERED-291 |
Creator |
Johnson Fry & Co. Publishers |
Date |
ca. 1858 |
Material(s) |
Paper |
Dimensions |
H-10 W-7.5 inches |
Description |
The is an engraving of Thomas Hart Benton. He is wearing a frock coat, vest, white shirt with upturned collar, and squared bow tie. He is also wearing a medal or portrait miniature with a ribbon around his neck. The portrait of Benton is an oval shape and it is inside an elaborate interwoven ribbon, tassel, and floral tracery decoration. Centered at the top of the decoration is a desktop with a stack of books with a quill pen and ink well. Centered at the bottom of the decorative border is a train chugging over a bridge. Below the decorative border, there is a facsimile of Benton's signature. Below the signature, there is a printed text that says "From a Portrait recently painting from Life / Johnson, Fry & Co Publishers, New York. / Entered according to act of Congress A 1858 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of NY." |
Notes |
Thomas Hart Benton (March 14, 1782 - April 10, 1858) was the editor of the Missouri Enquirer and a United States Senator (1821-51). While in the Senate, he played an important part in the war against the national bank. He stood for sound money and opposed paper issues, which gained him the nickname "Old Bullion." He aided legislation that supported frontier settlers, suggested the homestead plan, opposed the Calhoun Resolution of 1847, and opposed secession over the conflict of continuing chattel slavery in the Unisted States. He was also a member of the U.S. House (1853-55). |
Collection |
KHS Museum Collection |
People |
Johnson Fry & Co. Publishers Benton, Thomas Hart |
Subjects |
Portrait prints Portraits Senators |
Search Terms |
Portraits congress |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |