| Creator |
Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1873, engraver. |
| Contributor |
Edridge, Henry, 1769-1821 artist. |
|
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
William Wilberforce Esq. M.P. [graphic] / Drawn by H. Edridge; Eng. by J. Andrews. |
| Publisher |
[Boston] : [Benjamin C. Bacon] |
| Publisher |
MA. Boston. 1834 |
| Date |
[1834] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: steel engraving; sheet 16 x 10 cm (6 x 4 in.) |
| Description |
Bust-length portrait, showing the English philanthropist, politician, and abolitionist, facing slightly right, seated, and
reading a book. Wilberforce is attired in a shirt with a ruffled collar and a double-breasted jacket. He was active in the
Church Missionary Society; Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor; and worked in Parliament to abolish the slave
trade.
|
| Notes |
Published as frontispiece in Lydia Marie Child's The Oasis (Boston: Benjamin C. Bacon, 1834). (Am 1834 Chi, 70173.D.5). |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. |
|
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.
|
|
McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
| Biographical / historical note |
Andrews, a Boston engraver, who studied and worked in Europe during the mid 19th century, was a prominent line engraver and
portraitist.
|
| Subject |
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 -- Portraits. |
|
Abolitionists -- England. |
|
Philanthropists -- England. |
|
Politicians -- England. |
| Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1830-1840. |
|
Steel engravings -- 1830-1840. |
|
Frontispieces -- 1830-1840. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - W [5750.F.150b] |
| Accession number |
5750.F.150b |
