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Emerson [graphic] / Engraved by Miss Emily Sartain from an unfinished Portrait by William H. Furness, Jr.
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Creator
Sartain, Emily, 1841-1927, engraver.
Contributor
Furness, William H., 1828-1867, artist.
Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896 copyright holder.
Title
Emerson [graphic] / Engraved by Miss Emily Sartain from an unfinished Portrait by William H. Furness, Jr.
Publisher
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1871
Date
1871
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint engraving ; sheet 49 x 38 cm (19 x 15 in.)
Description
Bust-length portrait commissioned by Furness's father, Unitarian minister and abolitionist William H. Furness, as a tribute to his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson, and his deceased son who was the original artist. Depicts the transcendentalist, preacher, and abolitionist, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, facing slightly right. Sartain's father, engraver John Sartain, was a family friend of Furness and a supporter of the abolition movement.
Notes
Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1871 by W.H. Furness D.D. in the office of the Librarian of Congress Washington D.C.
Printed below title: (Private Plate).
See a description of the commission of the portrait print in Phyllis Peet's "Emily Sartain: America's first woman mezzotint engraver," Imprint 9 (Autumn 1984), p. 22.
Purchase 2001.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Portraits.
Abolitionists -- United States.
Clergymen -- United States.
Transcendentalists (New England) -- United States.
Women engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Mezzotints -- 1870-1880.
Portrait prints -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *portrait prints - Emerson [P.9966]
Accession number
P.9966
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African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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