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Brown, Catharine, 1800?-1823.
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Contributor
Penniman, John Ritto, 1782-1841, ill.
Hoogland, William, 1794 or 5-1832, engraver.
Armstrong, Samuel Turell, 1784-1850, publisher.
Haven, John Preston, 1800-1880, publisher.
Crocker & Brewster, publisher.
Title
Brown, Catharine, 1800?-1823.
Alternate title
[Catharine Brown] / J.R. Penniman, del. ; W. Hoogland, sc.
Publisher
Boston : Sam'l T. Armstrong and Crocker & Brewster ; New York : John P. Haven.
Date
[1825?]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; 10.4 x 6.2 cm.
Description
Full-length recumbent portrait of the Cherokee woman, who was educated at Brainerd Mission near Chattanooga, Tennessee. She is depicted in bed, propped on her elbow, with an open book before her. Nearby, a woman, seated at a writing desk, holds a pen and appears to be taking dictation.
Notes
In Anderson, R. Memoir of Catharine Brown, a Christian Indian of the Cherokee Nation (Boston, 1825), frontispiece.
"'Then raising herself in the bed & wiping a tear, that was falling from her eye, she with a sweet smile began to relate what God had done for her soul, while upon that sick bed.' Page 142."
Genre
Portrait prints -- 1820-1829.
Engravings -- 1820-1829.
Subject
Brown, Catharine, 1800?-1823 -- Portraits.
Cherokee Indians.
Indians of North America.
Indian women -- North America.
Christian converts.
Women.
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Portraits of American Women
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