William Wirt

Artist

Henry Inman (American, 1801–1846)

Date

1832

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

36 5/16 x 28 1/16 in. (92.2 x 71.2 cm)

Inscription

Inscribed bottom center (on image of document that subject holds): “I consider it as was with the / fundamental principles of the social / compact as treason against Society and a / wicked conspiracy against the laws of God / and man which ought to be put down. / Baltimore 1832 / William Wirt.”

Credit Line

Gift of John Davis Williams, 1838

Object Number

UR143