Details
Creator Boyd, John, engraver.
Contributor Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825, artist.
How, Joseph, publisher.
Title The Rev. Richard Allen, Bishop of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, in the U. States [graphic] / Painted by R. Peale; engraved by J. Boyd.
Publisher Philadelphia: Publish'd by Joseph How
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1823
Date cDecember 8th, 1823, December 10th, 1823
Physical Description 1 print: stipple engraving; sheet 41 x 30 cm (16 x 11.5 in.)
Description Half-length portrait of the African American bishop, seated, and holding the Holy Bible upright in his lap with his right hand. Allen is depicted with gray curly hair and is attired in a shirt with a high neck collar, a vest, and a jacket. A geometric border frames the portrait. Allen, born into slavery in Philadelphia, founded and was ordained the first bishop of the denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1816.
Notes Original painting attributed to Raphaelle Peale.
Title from item.
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.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Purchase 2006.
Subject Allen, Richard, 1760-1831, -- Portraits.
African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Bishops.
African American clergy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American clergy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Portraits.
Free African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Free African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Free men -- 1783-1815 -- Germany.
Genre Portrait prints -- 1820-1830.
Stipple engravings -- 1820-1830.
Printer How, Joseph, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *portrait prints - A [P.2006.29]
Accession number P.2006.29