Details
Creator Sartain, Samuel, 1830-1906, engraver.
Title B.F. Wade [graphic] / Engraved by Samuel Sartain, Philada.
Publisher Philadelphia: [publisher not identified]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1878
Date [ca. 1878]
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 22 x 15 cm (8.5 x 5.75 in.)
Description Half-length portrait of the aged abolitionist Senator from Ohio, as an older man. Wade, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, faces slightly right. Wade fought for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act, was a partisan of the 14th Amendment, and was a supporter of the Freedman's Bureau and numerous civil rights bills.
Notes Title from printed signature of sitter below image.
Accessioned 1982.
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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1878 -- Portraits.
Abolitionists -- United States.
Legislators -- Ohio.
Genre Engravings -- 1870-1880.
Portrait prints -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Portrait Prints-W [P.8911.1021]
Accession number P.8911.1021