Details
Creator Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver.
Title Elliott Cresson [graphic] / Painted & engraved by J. Sartain Phila.
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Date [ca. 1838-ca. 1854]
Physical Description 1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 30 x 25 cm (11.5 x 9.5 in.)
Description Three-quarter length portrait of the Philadelphia Quaker philanthropist who was a president of the American Colonization Society. Shows Cresson standing and attired in a white collared shirt, a black cravat, a black waistcoat with a gold pocket watch chain, a black jacket and pants. Cresson holds a manuscript map on top of a table in the right, which also has books, a quill, and an inkwell on top of it. In the left is a chair that has African artifacts and art objects, including a spear and a figurine of a nude female form. Behind Cresson is a large, white column. A sailing ship is visible in the background.
Notes Title from printed signature of sitter below image.
Variant of print originally published as frontispiece in Frederick Freeman's A plea for Africa (Philadelphia: Printed by William Stavely, 1838). Contains imprint "Printed by Sansom."
Gift of David Doret, 2004.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Cresson, Elliott, 1796-1854 -- Portraits.
American Colonization Society -- People.
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Art objects.
Philanthropists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spears.
Genre Mezzotints -- 1850-1860.
Portrait prints -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - C [P.2004.46.6]
Accession number P.2004.46.6