[Catlin, George]:

$200 · Offered by William Reese Company

JOHN RANDOLPH. OF ROANOKE. A steel engraving by John Sartain of a handsome portrait of John Randolph of Roanoke, after the original done by George Catlin in 1831. He was a strong supporter of limited federal power and greater authority to the individual states, as well as a narrow reading of the Constitution. Randolph, a patriotic if not myopic defender of states' rights, served in Congress from 1800 to 1825. He was well known for a particularly Virginian slice of bombast. "I am an aristocrat," he said, "I love liberty, I hate equality." Despite such sentiments, Randolph approached politics as an exercise in personal virtue and was often at odds with his more pragmatic contemporaries (such as James Madison). Catlin's immeasurable skill and sensitivities are on full display in this lovely portrait, beautifully engraved by Sartain.

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