| Title |
Horace Mann [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] : [publisher not identified] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1855-1880 |
| Date |
[between 1855 and 1880] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen mounted on paper ; sheet 20 x 16 cm (7.75 x 6 in.) |
| Description |
Half-length portrait of the antislavery advocate, congressman, and founder of the modern public school system. Mann, attired
in spectacles, a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, sits facing slightly left. Mann assisted in
the legal defense of abolitionists who aided freedom seekers.
|
| Notes |
Title from manuscript note on mount. |
|
Date inferred from attire of sitter. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. |
|
Accessioned 1977. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
| Subject |
Mann, Horace, 1796-1859 -- Portraits. |
|
Abolitionists -- United States. |
|
Educators -- United States. |
|
Legislators -- Massachusetts. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1855-1880. |
|
Portrait prints -- 1855-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait photographs-Mann [8313.F.13b] |
| Accession number |
8313.F.13b |
