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Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney 1883 Artist Signed Portrait
This is a nice 1800s engraving of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney signed by the artist D. H. Anderson that was published in 1893 by Christian Klackner of New York. Taney was born during the Revolutionary War in 1777 and served in the cabinet of President Andrew Jackson as both Attorney General and acting Secretary of Treasury and was instrumental in helping Jackson dismantle the Second Bank of America. In appreciation President Jackson appointed him Chief Justice and Taney was confirmed by the Senate on March 15, 1836. Taney served on the Supreme Court until his death in 1864, 28 years, second only to the legendary Chief Justice Marshall. He is most famous for his ruling upholding slavery in the Dred Scott case in 1857. He also ruled against Abraham Lincoln in a wartime habeas corpus case which, along with the Dred Scott case, made him very unpopular in the North. At the end of the biography of Taney in Wikipedia is this note about Taney's legacy:
Below are pictures of D. H. Anderson's signature on the print, the copyright notice at the bottom of the print and the worn plate on the frame identifying the subject as "Roger Brooke Taney," the back of the frame and a close-up of Taney's face. This portrait of Taney looks like it is of him in the middle of his career in the 1840s.
The frame is 27" x 31" and the portrait itself is 13" x 16." The large old frame and glass are heavy and it will cost $25 to ship it so it will arrive intact. This is a very nice 112 year old engraving in an old period frame of one of the more important political and legal figures of American history. We could not find any other examples of this print listed in museum catalogues or offered by print dealers so it may be quite rare. Price: SOLD |