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Horace Greeley. [graphic] / Daguerreotype by Simons; engraved by J. Sartain; engraved expressly for the Nineteenth Century.
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Creator
Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver.
Contributor
Simons, Montgomery P., 1816-1877, daguerreotypist.
Title
Horace Greeley. [graphic] / Daguerreotype by Simons; engraved by J. Sartain; engraved expressly for the Nineteenth Century.
Publisher
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1848
Date
[1848]
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 23 x 15 cm (9 x 6 in.)
Description
Bust-length portrait of the New York abolitionist, newspaper editor, and politician. Greeley, attired in a white collared shirt, a necktie with stripes, a black waistcoat and jacket, faces slightly left.
Notes
Title from item.
Published as frontispiece in Nineteenth century (Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber & Co., 1848), vol 1., no. 1.
Gift of Bruce Pearson, 2013.
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
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 -- Portraits.
Abolitionists -- New York (State) -- New York.
Newspaper editors -- New York (State) -- New York.
Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre
Mezzotints -- 1840-1850.
Portrait prints -- 1840-1850.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Portrait Prints - G [P.2013.58.5]
Accession number
P.2013.58.5
In Collections
African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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