Details
Creator Tiller, Robert engraver.
Contributor Lawrence, Charles B., artist.
Lawrence, Charles B., artist.
Gloucester, Stephen H., 1802-1850, publisher.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Revd. Jeremiah Gloucester, [graphic] : Late pastor of the Second African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. / Painted by Lawrence; Engraved by Tiller.
Publisher Philadelphia: Publised[sic] by S[tephen] H. G[loucester]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1828
Date July 4th 1828
Physical Description 1 print: stipple engraving; sheet 33 x 25 cm (12.75 x 9.75 in.)
Description Half-length portrait of the African American pastor, slightly facing left and holding a Bible in his right hand, surrounded by a decorative border containing an inset of the Bible inscribed with the verse Hebrews 4:16. Gloucester has curly hair and sideburns. He iis attired in a shirt with high neck collar, a jacket, and a top coat. The portrait, published by Jeremiah's brother, Stephen, to raise funds for his widow and children, sold for $1. Gloucester was the son of John Gloucester, pastor of the First African Presbyterian Church. He became pastor of the Second African Presbyterian Church when it formed in 1824 from dissenting members of the First African Presbyterian Church following the failure of Jeremiah to be nominated to assume the pulpit of his late father.
Notes Issued as a companion piece to a portrait of John Gloucester published August 1, 1823 by J. How of Philadelphia. (LCP P.8911.430)
Title from item.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits.
Stephen formed a splinter church, the Central Presbyterian Church, after failing to be elected to the pulpit of his late brother's church, the Second African Presbyterian Church, in 1844.
Advertisement for the portrait in the March 14, 1828 edition of the first black-written New York newspaper, Freedom's Journal.
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1973 p. 43.
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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Gloucester, Jeremiah, -- Portraits.
Second African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American clergy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American Presbyterians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Portrait prints -- 1820-1830.
Stipple engravings -- 1820-1830.
Illustrator Lawrence, Charles B., artist.
Printer Gloucester, Stephen H., 1802-1850, publisher.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - G [(1)5750.F.190]
Accession number (1)5750.F.190