Luther Martin

 

Albert Rosenthal

  1863 - 1939 (biography)

1905  

etching 

16 11/16 x 13 1/8" image 

Pencil, lower right 

unnumbered; edition of 100 

Ink titled; additional annotation engraved below image: "Etched, copyrighted, and published by Albert Rosenthal, Phila. 1905 (after miniature owned by Mrs. Garrett, Balti. Md.) (Edition 100 signed proofs)" 

 

antique-white wove 

published 

artist 

16841 

$300.00 

Luther Martin (February 9, 1748 – July 8, 1826) was a politician and one of United States' Founding Fathers, who refused to sign the Constitution because he felt it violated states' rights. He was a leading Anti-Federalist, along with Patrick Henry and George Mason, whose actions helped passage of the Bill of Rights. Martin served as defense council in two of the nation's most controversial cases of the 19th century. In the first, Martin won an acquittal for his close friend Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase in his impeachment trial in 1805. Two years, later Martin was one of Aaron Burr's defense lawyers when Burr stood trial for treason in 1807.