Brenner did this plaque from an 1870 painting of Evarts. He is dressed in period style in a dignified post showing the left side of his face. At the bottom reads William Maxwell Evarts with the date 1870 in Roman numerals. Evarts had been US Senator from New York, US Attorney General and Secretary of State. As an attorney, he served as President Andrew Johnson's counsel during the impeachment trial and later on the prosecuting team charging Jefferson Davis with Treason Smedley #,Obtained 3/82 Johnson & Jensen Lot #117 Envelope included.