Portrait of Thaddeus Stevens in gold-painted oval frame, an 1867 mezzotint of an 1862 photograph. Stevens' left shoulder is right front and he faces left. He wears a suit jacket, vest, white shirt with buttons and thin knotted necktie around the stand-up collar.
Typed on paper on back of piece: "Thaddeus Stevens./ The great commoner and promoter of the public school system/ practised (sic) law in Lancaster, Pennsylvania/ Uncle William T. Fulton, Esq., of Oxford, Chester Co. Pennsylvania,/ studied law under Thaddeus Stevens./ My father, Hugh R. Fulton, Esq., was a great admirer of Stevens/ and delivered lectures on his philosophy./ This picture, in its oval frame, hung in father's office,/ above his desk, throughout his fifty eight years practising (sic) law/ in Lancaster, Pennsylvania."
Below, written cursively in ink: "This should go to the/ Lancaster County/ Historical Society-/ E. J. Fulton"
Oval frame is 15.5' wide x 18.25' long with depth (about 1.5 inches)
On back are two eyebolts with wire loops attached for hanging.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2022-09-22
Condition Notes
Image is under glass. Small nick in gold paint on frame revealing plaster on lower outside of frame, center right. A chip off shiny gold paint on upper right.
Tiny cracks on both sides, inside of frame touching glass, middle of portrait.
