Bust portrait of Pratt crossing his arms, with his characteristic sideburns and glasses featured prominently. (Heavy tarnishing/chemical discoloration around subject, some spotting throughout, no preserver present; reglazed and resealed 2001.) Housed in a leatherette case (separation to bottom edge of back cover, general wear) with velvet pad marked for Brady's Gallery at 205 & 207 Broadway.

Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869) served as the 27th Governor of Maryland from 1845-1848, and represented the state in the US Senate from 1850-1857. Pratt was controversial for a few reasons, including his direct taxation of the state's residents and his pro-slavery posture. He not only had a son fight in the Confederate Army, but he refused to take a loyalty oath at the polls on election day, November 1863, resulting in his arrest and imprisonment at Fort Monroe.