^Lot 284 Thaddeus Stevens

Representative from Pennsylvania who opposed fugitive slave laws and urged emancipation. Toward the end of his life, Stevens held more political power than any other man in the US, including President Andrew Johnson, whose impeachment proceedings Stevens led. Somber 2.5 x 3.5 carte-de-visite portrait by Alexander Gardner (and bearing his imprint on the reverse), signed in ink beneath the image, “Thaddeus Stevens.” In very good to fine condition, with light discoloration to the background, faint silvering, trimmed lower border, and a 2¢ revenue stamp attached to the reverse.