Details
Creator Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver.
Contributor Neagle, John, 1796-1865, artist.
Earle, James S., publisher.
Title David Paul Brown [graphic] / Painted by J. Neagle; engraved by J. Sartain; from the original picture in the law library painted for the junior members of the Philadelphia bar.
Publisher Philadelphia : Pubd. by J. S. Earle 216 Chestnut Stt
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1839
Date 1839
Physical Description 1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 32 x 24 cm (12.25 x 9.5 in.)
Description Half-length portrait of the Philadelphia lawyer, orator, dramatist, and president of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society. Brown, attired in a white collared shirt, a black waistcoat, and a black jacket, sits holding papers in his left hand, which rests on top of a book with the spine labeled "Phillips' Evidence."
Notes Title from printed signature of sitter below image.
Printed lower left: Subscriber's Proof.
Gift of Ken Lead, 1993.
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 Brown, David Paul, 1795-1872 -- Portraits.
Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society -- Presidents.
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dramatists.
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Mezzotints -- 1830-1840.
Portrait prints -- 1830-1840.
Printer Earle, James S., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - B [P.9428.2]
Accession number P.9428.2