Creator |
Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895 engraver. |
Contributor |
Kent, John Howe, 1827-1910, photographer. |
Title |
Frederick Douglass [graphic] / Engd. by A.H. Ritchie. |
Publisher |
[New York] : [publisher not identified] |
Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1882 |
Date |
[ca. 1882] |
Physical Description |
1 print : engraving ; sheet 26 x 19 cm (10 x 7.5 in.) |
Description |
Bust-length portrait of the prominent African American abolitionist, probably after the portrait photograph taken by Rochester,
New York photographer John Howe Kent in 1882. Douglass, wearing a full beard and grey hair and attired in a white collared
shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, faces right in a three-quarter pose.
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Notes |
Title from printed signature of sitter below image. |
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Printed below image: With sentiments of highest regard, Very truly yours, Frederick Douglass. |
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Gift of Frances Kean, 1993. |
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Description revised 2023. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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See John Stauffer et al., Picturing Frederick Douglass: An illustrated biography of the nineteenth's century most photgraphed
man (New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016), p. 190
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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.
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Subject |
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Portraits. |
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African American abolitionists -- United States. |
Genre |
Engravings -- 1870-1880. |
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Portrait prints -- 1870-1880. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Portrait Prints - D [P.9409] |
Accession number |
P.9409 |