| Creator |
Warren, Asa Coolidge, 1819-1904, engraver. |
| Contributor |
Hoit, Albert Gallatin, 1809-1856, artist. |
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Hoit, Albert Gallatin, 1804-1856, artist. |
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B.B. Mussey & Co., publisher. |
| Title |
John G. Whittier [graphic] / A.G. Hoit Pinxt.; A.C. Warren Sc. |
| Publisher |
[Boston] : [Benjamin B. Mussey & Co.] |
| Publisher |
MASS. Boston. 1849 |
| Date |
[1849] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : engraving ; sheet 23 x 15 cm (9 x 5.75 in.) |
| Description |
Bust-length portrait of the poet, abolitionist, journalist, and editor of the abolitionist newspaper, the "Pennsylvania freeman."
Whittier, attired in a white collared shirt, a white bowtie, and a black jacket, faces slightly right.
|
| Notes |
Title from printed signature of sitter below image. |
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Printed below image: Truly thy friend, John G. Whittier. |
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Published as frontispiece in John Greenleaf Whittier's Poems (Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1849). (LCP Am 1849 Whi, 12099.O). |
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Accessioned 1982. |
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Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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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.
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| Subject |
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 -- Portraits. |
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Abolitionists -- United States. |
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Editors -- United States |
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Journalists -- American -- United States. |
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Poets. |
| Genre |
Engravings -- 1840-1850. |
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Frontispieces -- 1840-1850. |
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Portrait prints -- 1840-1850. |
| Illustrator |
Hoit, Albert Gallatin, 1804-1856, artist. |
| Printer |
B.B. Mussey & Co., publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Portrait Prints-W [P.8911.1051] |
| Accession number |
P.8911.1051 |
