| Creator |
Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869, engraver. |
| Contributor |
Otis, Bass, 1784-1861 artist. |
| Title |
Caspar Wistar, M.D. [graphic] / Engraved by J.B. Longacre from a painting by B. Otis. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1835-1868 |
| Date |
[ca. 1835 - ca. 1868] |
| Physical Description |
3 prints: stipple engraving; sheet 30 x 25 cm (11.75 x 9.5 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia physician, medical school professor, and a president of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery
Society. Wistar is attired in a shirt with a ruffled collar and a double-breasted jacket.
|
| Notes |
Appears in volume three of several editions of James Barton Longacre and James Herring's The National portrait gallery published
by various Philadelphia publishers between 1835 and 1868. LCP holds the imprints: 1834-1839; 1856; and 1867
|
|
(3)5750.F.160c originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
|
P.9156.9 gift of Charles Rosenberg, 1986. |
|
P.9660.16 gift of William Helfand, 1999. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Description 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 |
Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818 -- Portraits. |
|
University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine -- Faculty. |
|
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society -- Presidents. |
|
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Physicians Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1830-1870. |
|
Stipple engravings -- 1830-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - W [(3)5750.F.160c; P.9156.9; P.9660.16] |
| Accession number |
(3)5750.F.160c |
|
P.9156.9 |
|
P.9660.16 |
