About this image...

Image Title: W.C. Rives, Senator From Virginia, 1839

Creator: Fenderich, Charles, lithographer

Date: 1839

Summary: Print shows William Cabell Rives, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes facsimile signature.

Notes: Includes quote: "In taking this course, I know full well, Mr. President, I am to incur the anathemas of Party. But I can never forget that I have a Country to serve, as well as a Party to obey." (Extract from a speech by him in Senate U.S. 7th Feb. 1838).

Related Names: Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 1805-1886

Subjects: Legislators--1830-1840
Rives, William C.--(William Cabell),--1793-1868

Original Media: Lithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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