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Caspar Wistar, M.D. [graphic] : Late professor of anatomy to the University of Pennsylvania and President of the American Philosophical Society &c. &c. / Painted by B. Otis; Engraved by C. Goodman & R. Piggot.
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Creator
C. Goodman & R. Piggot, engraver.
Contributor
Otis, Bass, 1784-1861 artist.
Otis, Bass, 1794-1861, artist.
Title
Caspar Wistar, M.D. [graphic] : Late professor of anatomy to the University of Pennsylvania and President of the American Philosophical Society &c. &c. / Painted by B. Otis; Engraved by C. Goodman & R. Piggot.
Publisher
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1818
Date
[ca. 1818]
Physical Description
1 print: stipple engraving; sheet 26 x 19 cm (10 x 7.5 in.)
Description
Bust-length portrait of the white Philadelphia physician, medical school professor, and president of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Wistar is depicted sitting in a chair and is attired in a shirt with a ruffled collar and double-breasted jacket.
Notes
Printed below image: From the original picture in the possession of Mr. Wistar.
Variant appears in the Analectic magazine (Philadelphia: 1818) vol. 12, p. 441. (LCP Per A 192, vol. 12).
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.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Biographical / historical note
Charles Goodman and Robert Piggot, Philadelphia engravers, worked as partners from 1817 to 1822.
Subject
Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 -- Portraits.
University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine -- Faculty.
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society.
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Portrait prints -- 1810-1820.
Engravings -- 1810-1820.
Illustrator
Otis, Bass, 1794-1861, artist.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - W [1885.F.33]
Accession number
1885.F.33
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African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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