Details
Creator Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver.
Contributor Kyle, Joseph, 1815-1863, artist.
Title Lucretia Mott [graphic] / Painted by J. Kyle; Engraved by J. Sartain.
Publisher [Boston] : [Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Fair]
Publisher MASS. Boston. 1844
Date [1844]
Physical Description 1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 19 x 15 cm (7.25 x 5.5 in.)
Description Three-quarter length portrait of the Quaker abolitionist and reformer. Mott, attired in a white cap, a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress, and a white shawl, is seated on a wooden chair facing slightly left.
Notes Title from printed signature of sitter below image.
Published as frontispiece in The Liberty bell (Boston: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Fair, 1844). (LCP Am 1844 Lib,68635.D).
Purchase 1976.
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.
Biographical / historical note Sartain, the premier 19th-century Philadelphia portrait engraver, was also a member of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society.
Subject Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 -- Portraits.
Quaker women -- United States.
Women abolitionists -- United States.
Women social reformers -- United States.
Genre Frontispieces -- 1840-1850.
Mezzotints -- 1840-1850.
Portrait prints -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Portrait prints-M [8198.F.2]
Accession number 8198.F.2