Details
Contributor John Andrew & Son, publisher.
Title Benj. F. Butler [graphic].
Publisher Boston : John Andrew & Son Co
Publisher MASS. Boston. 1885
Date [ca. 1885]
Physical Description 1 print : photogravure ; sheet 24 x 16 cm (9.25 x 6.25 in.)
Description Bust-length portrait of the Massachusetts governor, abolitionist legislator, and Civil War Major General. Butler, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a waistcoat with a pocket watch chain, and a jacket with a boutonniere, looks slightly right. Butler, while commander at Fort Monroe, Virginia, declared African American freedom seekers as "contraband of war," providing the impetus for Congress to enact the Confiscation Act of 1861.
Notes Title from printed signature of sitter below image.
During the Civil War, the U.S. government declared African American freedom seekers as "contraband of war."
Accessioned 1982.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1820-1870 -- Portraits.
Generals -- American.
Governors -- Massachusetts.
Legislators -- Massachusetts.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel.
Genre Photogravures -- 1880-1890.
Portrait prints -- 1880-1890.
Printer John Andrew & Son, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - Butler [P.8911.100]
Accession number P.8911.100