| Creator |
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893, engraver. |
| Contributor |
Hollis, Lambert, artist. |
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Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885, printer. |
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Russell, B. B. (Benjamin B.), copyright holder. |
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Methodist Episcopal Church, publisher. |
| Title |
American Methodism. 1872. [graphic] / Drawn by L. Hollis; engraved by J.C. Buttre; printed by Geo. E. Perine, 66 Reade St.
N. York.
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| Publisher |
[N]ew Y[ork] : Published by "The Methodist" no. 114 Nassau Street and presented to members for the year for 1873 |
| Date |
1872 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : engraving ; sheet 38 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.) |
| Description |
Premium print for subscribers of the "The Methodist," the journal published by the Methodist Episcopal Church beginning about
1859. Contains five titled scenes and views bordered by twenty-nine bust-length portraits of leaders within the Methodist
Episcopal Church, including Francis Burns, African American deacon and missionary bishop to Liberia. Scenes and views include
"Wesley Rescued from the Burning Building" (upper left) after the 1840 Henry Peele Parker painting and depicting church founder
John Wesley as a child being rescued from the window of the rectory in which his family lived while men, women, and children
gather water, support a platform, pray, and huddle together; "John Wesley Preaching on the Tombstone of his Father" (upper
right) after the Alfred Hunt painting and depicting Wesley preaching to a mass of people from the grave of his father, Rector
Samuel Wesley (St. Andrew's Church, Epworth, England) following his being forbidden to preach in the Anglican church; "Old
John Street Church, New York" (lower left) showing a colonial street view with pedestrian traffic in front of the church of
the oldest Methodist congregation in the United States; "Pioneer Preacher" (center) showing Wesley on horseback, two persons
at his side, and arriving at a cabin in the woods where a number of people have gathered in front; and "Tremont St. Methodist
Church, Boston" (lower right) showing an exterior view of the church built in 1862 from a design by architect Hammatt Billings
and was the site of the founding of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS) of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Portraits
include: John Wesley; Thomas S. Coke; Francis Asbury; Richard Whatcoat; Leonidas L. Hamline; John Emory; Robert R. Roberts;
William McKendree; Enoch George; Elijah Hedding; Beverly Walch; Francis Burns; Edmund S. Janes; Matthew Simpson; Osmon C.
Barker; Levi Scott; Thomas Bowman; William. L. Harris; Edward R. Ames; Edward Thomson; Thomas A. Morris; Calvin Kingsley;
Davis W. Clark; Stephen M. Merrill; Edward G. Andrews; Randolph S. Foster; Isaac W. Wiley; Thomas A. Morris; Gilbert Haven;
and Jesse T. Peck.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1872 by B.B. Russell in the Office of the Librarian
of Congress at Washington.
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RVCDC |
| Subject |
Burns, Francis, 1809-1863 -- Portraits. |
|
Wesley, John, 1703-1791 -- Portraits. |
|
Wesley, John, 1703-1791 -- Social life. |
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John Street Methodist Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.) |
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Tremont Methodist Street Episcopal Church (Boston, Mass.) |
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Methodist Episcopal Church -- Bishops. |
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Methodist Episcopal Church -- People. |
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African American clergy. |
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African American missionaries. |
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Clergy -- United States. |
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African American History. |
|
Philadelphia artists. |
| Genre |
Engravings -- 1870-1880. |
|
Portrait prints -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *group portrait prints - American [P.2024.44] |
| Accession number |
P.2024.44 |
