Creator |
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer. |
Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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McAllister & Brother, publisher. |
Title |
Rev. Alexander Crummell. [graphic] / Gutekunst, Photographist. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia : McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut St |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1862 |
Date |
[1862] |
Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount; mount 11 x 6 cm (4 x 2.25 in.) (carte-de-visite format) |
Description |
Three-quarter length portrait of Rev. Crummell, the African American Episcopal priest, educator, missionary, and Black nationalist.
Crummell is attired in his clerical robes, over a vest, long sack coat, and trousers. He wears eye glasses, a beard, and holds
his right hand up to his chest, holding what is possibly a pipe. Crummell, born in New York and the first African American
graduate of the University of Cambridge, lived as a missionary and educator in Liberia between 1853 and 1873. He returned
to the U.S. and located to Washington, D.C. where in 1875 he and his congregation founded St. Luke's Episcopal Church, the
first independent Black Episcopal church in the city. He spoke before the "Philadelphia Library Company" in St. Thomas's Episcopal
Church about "The Natives of Africa, their Habits, Customs, Religion, and Characteristics" on December 10, 1861. Presumably,
the portrait photograph was taken around this time.
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Notes |
Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel, Nineteenth-Century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications in cooperation
with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), 9.
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Originally part of a McAllister Scrapbook of Portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
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Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
Biographical / historical note |
Gutekunst, a premier Philadelphia photographer, in business from 1860 until 1917, was known as a specialist in portraiture
and celebrity portraiture.
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Subject |
Crummell, Alexander, 1805-1877 -- Portraits. |
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Episcopal Church -- Clergy. |
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African American clergy -- Portraits. |
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African American missionaries -- Liberia. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870. |
Printer |
McAllister & Brother, publisher. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv portraits - sitter - Crummell [5750.F.122] |
Accession number |
5750.F.122 |