| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
D.P. Brown. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1861 |
| Date |
[ca. 1861] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 8 x 6 cm (3.25 x 2.25 in.) (carte de visite format) |
| Description |
Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia lawyer, orator, dramatist, and a president of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society.
Brown, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, sits facing slightly left.
|
| Notes |
Title from manuscript note on mount. |
|
Date based on depicted age of the sitter. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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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 |
Brown, David Paul, 1795-1872 -- Portraits. |
|
Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society -- Presidents. |
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Abolitionists. |
|
Dramatists. |
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Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| PRINTS| cdv portraits - sitter - Brown [(1)5750.F.59e] |
| Accession number |
(1)5750.F.59e |
