Rev. Francis Burns
Missionary bishop of the M.E. Church in Western Africa
Buttre, John Chester
1821-1893
engraver
Brady, Mathew B.
approximately 1823-1896
photographer
Middleton Strobridge & Co.
printer
Middleton Strobridge & Co.
printer
still image
Graphic
Engravings -- 1850-1860
Frontispieces -- 1850-1860
Periodical illustrations -- 1850-1860
Portrait prints -- 1850-1890
ohu
Cincinnati]
OH. Cincinnati
[Engraved expressly for The Ladies repository, Middleton Strobridge & Co. prs.]
[March 1859]
1859
monographic
eng
1 print : engraving ; sheet 20 x 15 cm (7.75 x 6.75 in.)
Bust-length portrait of the African American deacon and missionary bishop to Liberia. Burns, attired in a white collared shirt, a white bowtie, a black waistcoat, and a black jacket, sits slightly facing right. The African coastline, depicting buildings on the shoreline and boats in the water, is visible in the background.
Engraved by J.C. Buttre from an ambrotype by Brady.
Title from item.
Published in The Ladies repository (March 1859), frontispiece.
Brady produced ambrotypes in his New York studio from 1855 until 1856, ceasing production following a lawsuit over the patent.
Burns, Francis
1809-1863
Portraits
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishops
African American clergy
Portraits
African American missionaries
Portraits
Liberia
5017.F.45
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
Portrait Prints-B [5017.F.45]
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