| Creator |
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896, photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
Rev. Dr. Cheever [graphic] / Brady, N.Y. |
| Publisher |
New York |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1861 |
| Date |
[ca. 1861] |
| 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 George Barrell Cheever, the radical abolitionist preacher and author. Cheever, attired in
a white collared shirt, a black waistcoat, jacket, and pants, stands looking slightly right and holds a walking stick in his
right hand. His book, "The Guilt of slavery and crime of slaveholding: demonstrated from the Greek and Hebrew scriptures,"
argued that the Bible categorically denounced slavery.
|
| Notes |
Title from manuscript note on mount. |
|
Dated based on the presented age of the sitter. |
|
Photographer's imprint inscribed on negative. |
|
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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
Cheever, George Barrell, 1807-1890 -- Portraits. |
|
Abolitionists. |
|
Authors. |
|
Clergy -- United States |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv portraits - sitter - Cheever [(1)5750.F.82e] |
| Accession number |
(1)5750.F.82e |
