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Charles Sumner [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A128683
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Title
Charles Sumner [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Date
[ca. 1860]
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; sheet 23 x 15 cm (8.75 x 5.75 in.)
Description
Bust-length portrait of the Massachusetts Senator, abolitionist, reformer, and civil rights advocate. Sumner, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a gray waistcoat, and a black jacket, sits slightly facing right.
Notes
Title from printed signature of sitter below image.
Date inferred from attire of the sitter.
Accessioned 1982.
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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 -- Portraits.
Abolitionists.
Civil rights leaders -- United States -- 1860-1870.
Legislators -- Massachusetts.
Social reformers -- United States.
Genre
Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Portrait prints -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints-S [P.8911.929]
Accession number
P.8911.929
In Collections
African Americana Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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