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Revd. Richard Allen. [graphic] : Bishop of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of the U.S.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A129405
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Contributor
Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, lithographer.
Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, publisher.
Title
Revd. Richard Allen. [graphic] : Bishop of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of the U.S.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Lith. of P.S. Duval
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date
[ca. 1850]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 24 x 15 cm (9.25 x 5.75 in.)
Description
Half-length portrait of abolitionist and first African American bishop, Richard Allen. Allen, born enslaved in Philadelphia, founded and was ordained the first bishop of the denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1816. Allen, attired in a white tie, a black waistcoat, and a black jacket, faces slightly right.
Notes
Title from item.
Probably drawn on stone by deaf and mute Philadelphia lithographer Albert Newsam.
Purchase 2001.
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
Allen, Richard, 1760-1831 -- Portraits.
African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Bishops.
African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Clergy.
African American clergy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Portrait prints -- 1840-1850.
Printer
Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - Allen [P.9968]
Accession number
P.9968
In Collections
African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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