| Creator |
Wagner & M'Guigan. |
| Contributor |
Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891 artist. |
|
Seager, William S., 1823-1887, artist. |
| Title |
Views of Liberia from "W.F. Lynch report of mission to Africa" [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Wagner & McGuigan, lith |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1853 |
| Date |
[1853] |
| Physical Description |
4 prints on 3 sheets : lithograph ; sheet 29 x 21 cm (11.25 x 8 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Series of titled views of the Black emigrant country of Liberia (founded 1822) that accompanied a government report compiled
by William F. Lynch, Commander, United States Navy following an exploratory excursion to the west coast of Africa. Depicts
the stone mansion of Joseph Jenkins Roberts, the first president of Liberia (1847-1855); Episcopal Mission, near Cape Palmas,
Mt. Vaughan, founded in 1834 under the auspices of the Maryland Colonization Society and the Domestic and Foreign Missionary
Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church; Monrovia (i.e., Liberia) from Bushrod's Island; and Cape Palmas, a Liberian settlement.
Views include lush landscapes, Black and white residents, sailing ships, and dwellings.
|
| Notes |
Title from name of the publication. |
|
Artists include John H.B. Latrobe and William S. Seager. |
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Printed below images: Senate executive documents, No. 1, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, Part III. |
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Published in "W.F. Lynch report of mission to Africa," Senate Executive documents, 1st Session, 33rd Congress, part 3, vol.
1, doc. 1, p. 329-389.
|
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Latrobe, a Baltimore landscape painter, also served as President of the Maryland Colonization Society. |
|
Gift of David Doret, 2004. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Biographical / historical note |
Wagner & M'Guigan, a partnership between Philadelphia lithographers Thomas S. Wagner & James M'Guigan, was active 1846-1858. |
| Subject |
Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins), 1809-1876 -- Homes and haunts. |
|
Episcopal Church -- Missions. |
|
African Americans -- Colonization -- Liberia. |
|
Blacks -- Liberia -- Cape Palmas. |
|
Dwellings -- Liberia. |
|
Missions -- Liberia -- Palmas, Cape. |
|
Ships -- Liberia. |
|
Black men -- Liberia. |
|
Black women -- Liberia. |
| Geographic subject |
Liberia -- Pictorial works. |
| Genre |
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860. |
|
Lithographs -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| GC - Views - Foreign - Africa [P.2004.33.5a-d] |
| Accession number |
P.2004.33.5a |
|
P.2004.33.5b |
|
P.2004.33.5c |
|
P.2004.33.5d |
