| Creator |
Mumford (firm), engraver. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
David Paul Brown [graphic] / Mumford. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1855-1870 |
| Date |
[between 1855 and 1870] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : woodcut ; sheet 11 x 6 cm (4 x 2.25 in.) |
| Description |
Full-length portrait of the Philadelphia lawyer, orator, dramatist, and president of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society
standing near a side table. Brown is attired in a white collared shirt, a black tie, a black jacket with tails, and pants.
|
| Notes |
Title from printed signature of sitter below image. |
|
Date inferred from the working dates of the engraver and the attire of sitter. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. |
|
McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Biographical / historical note |
Brothers Thomas Howland and Edward Mumford, Philadelphia engravers and electrotypists, provided subject illustrations for
Philadelphia publishers during the 1850s and 1860s. Edward died in 1858, with Thomas continuing in business until the 1860s.
|
| Subject |
Brown, David Paul, 1795-1872 -- Portraits. |
|
Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society -- Presidents. |
|
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Dramatists. |
|
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1850-1870. |
|
Woodcuts -- 1850-1870. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Portrait Prints-B [(1)5750.F.59f] |
| Accession number |
(1)5750.F.59f |
|
5750.F.59f |
