The Baltimore City Circuit Court & Baltimore Bar Library Art Collection in Connection with the Maryland State Archives MSA SC 5590 |
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Severn Teackle Wallis, Esq. (1816-1894)
David Dalhoff Neal (1838-1915) Oil on canvas, 1887 68 H x 48 W in. Presented, January, 1909 Donor, unknown Owner, Baltimore City Circuit Court Private Career: Admitted to the bar, 1837 Founder of the Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1879 1st President, Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1879-1880 Founding member, Maryland Historical Society, 1844 President of the Maryland Historical Society, 1892-1896 Public Service: Member, Maryland House of Delegates, Baltimore City, Special Session, 1861. Provost, University of Maryland Comments: Presented numerous cases before the Maryland Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Named one of the pre-eminent Maryland lawyers and judges of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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