Howell Cobb
Howell Cobb
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- Description
- Howell Cobb was a member of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, Governor of Georgia, and Secretary of the Treasury under James Buchanan. He was also a founder of the Confederacy and was the President in the Provisional Congress of Confederate States.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Associated Date
- 1851-1853
- referenced
- D'Avignon's Press
- maker
- D'Avignon's Press
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- made at
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- associated place
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- black; white (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 in x 19 in; 60.96 cm x 48.26 cm
- ID Number
- 2015.0196.02
- accession number
- 2015.0196
- catalog number
- 2015.0196.02
- Credit Line
- Rose
- subject
- Georgia
- Confederacy
- Government
- Civil War
- Politics
- Elections
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Princeton Posters
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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