File:The United States Senate, A.D. 1850, by Peter F. Rothermel.jpg

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Summary

The United States Senate, A.D. 1850

Artist

Drawn by Peter F. Rothermel / engraved by Robert Whitechurch (1814-ca. 1880)

Title

The United States Senate, A.D. 1850

Description

This engraving depicts the Golden Age of the United States Senate in the Old Senate Chamber, site of many of the institution's most memorable events. Here, Henry Clay, "the Great Compromiser," introduces the Compromise of 1850 in his last significant act as a senator. In a desperate attempt to prevent war from erupting, the "Great Triumvirate," of Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, and Clay of Kentucky struggled to balance the interests of the North, South, and West. This image shows all three men, with Clay at center stage, presenting his compromise to the Senate. Daniel Webster is seated to the left of Clay and John C. Calhoun to the left of the Speaker's chair.

Date

circa 1855

Accession number

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID ppmsca.09398.
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Inscriptions

DRAWN BY P. F. ROTHERMEL
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by John M. Butler and Alfred Long in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United states in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ENGRAVED BY R. WHITECHURCH
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.

Source/Photographer

Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : John M. Butler and Alfred Long, c1855.
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DRAWN BY P. F. ROTHERMEL	Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by John M. Butler and Alfred Long in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United states in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.	ENGRAVED BY R. WHITECHURCH
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.

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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