Managers Of The House Of Representatives Of The Impeachment Of Andrew Johnson
Artist
Mathew B. Brady
(American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
Date1868
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Support: 3 15/16 x 2 7/16 in. (10 x 6.2 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 x 2 1/8 in. (7.6 x 5.4 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 x 2 1/8 in. (7.6 x 5.4 cm)
InscribedImprinted on reverse: "M.B. BRADY & CO'S / National Photographic / Portrait Gallery, / No. 352 Pennsylvania Ave. / WASHINGTON, D. C". Written above Brady's logo: "1 - B. F. Butler / 2 - Jas.T. Wilson / 3 - Thads. Stevens / 4 - Geo T. Boutwell / 5 - Thos. W. Williams Prestn. / 6 - John A. Logan, Ill. / 7 - John A. Bingham". Printed at left of image: "Managers of the House of Representatives of the Impeach- / ment of Andrew Johnson. / Entered according to act of Congress, in the year / 1868, by Brady & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the / District Court of the District of Columbia". Handwritten below each man are the numbers one through seven.
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.94
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThis carte de visite is a group portrait of members of the U. S. House of Representatives who were on the Andrew Johnson Impeachment Committee. The Managers, or committee members, are from left to right, seated: Benjamin F. Butler, Thaddeus Stevens, Thomas W. Williams, and John A. Bingham; from left to right, standing: James F. Wilson, George S. Boutwell, and John A. Logan. Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893), Union officer in Civil War, Congressman, Governor of Massachusetts. Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Abolitionist, Congressman, lawyer, advocated harsh Reconstruction measures. John Alexander Logan (1826-1886), Union general in Civil War, U. S. Senator, Congressman. The mount is rectangular with a border of double gilt lines around the face of the card.
Mathew B. Brady
April 1865