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[John Greenleaf Whittier] [graphic] / WC.
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Title
[John Greenleaf Whittier] [graphic] / WC.
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1870-1900
Date
[between 1870 and 1900]
Physical Description
1 print : collotype mounted on paper ; sheet 28 x 20 cm (7.5 x 11 in.)
Description
Half-length portrait of the poet, abolitionist, journalist, and editor of the abolitionist newspaper, the "Pennsylvania Freeman," as an older, bearded man. Whittier, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, sits facing slightly left.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from presented age of sitter.
Plate includes artist's monogram lower right corner.
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
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 -- Portraits.
Abolitionists -- United States.
Editors -- United States.
Journalists -- American.
Poets.
Genre
Collotypes -- 1870-1900.
Portrait prints -- 1870-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Portrait Prints - W [P.8911.1049]
Accession number
P.8911.1049
In Collections
African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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