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Severn T. Wallis
Severn Teackle Wallis, Esq, (1816-1894)
William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874) 
Bronze, 1902 (copy)
Presented on June 18, 1902
Private Career:
Admitted to the bar, 1837
Founder of the Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1879
1st president of the Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1879-1880
Named one of the pre-eminent Maryland lawyers and judges of the 18th and 19th centuries
Public Service:
Maryland House of Delegates, Special Session, 1861
Other artworks of Severn Teackle Wallis in the collection:
Historical & Biographical Series at the Maryland State Archives


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