Pennsylvania Colonization Society
Title
Pennsylvania Colonization Society A view of Bassa Cove in Liberia
Description
Honorary life membership certificate containing a view of Liberia, the African American colony established by the American Colonization Society in 1822. In the left foreground, three bare-chested Black people, attired in white sarongs, stand at the West African cove across from the small village. The village is comprised of buildings and is surrounded by a fence. People and cattle stroll the grounds. The Pennsylvania Colonization Society, established in 1826, was a state chapter of the controversial American Colonization Society established in 1816 to promote Black American emigration to resolve the problem of race inequality and to end slavery., Title from item., Issued to [Tho]mas Sully, Esquire of Philadelphia on October 24, 1848 for his donation of "valuable original portraits." Signed by [Robert B.] Davidson, rec. secretary; Elliot Cresson, corresponding secretary; J.R. Ingersoll, president., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Gift of Hirschl and Adler Galleries, 1989., 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., Lehman & Duval was a Philadelphia partnership between painter, lithographer, and engraver George Lehman, and lithographer, Peter S. Duval, that lasted from 1835 until 1837.
Date
[ca. 1837]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia Certificates [P.9261]
A view of Bassa Cove (in Liberia.)
Title
A view of Bassa Cove (in Liberia.)
Description
View "from a drawing made on the spot by Dr. Robert McDowall" of a village scene in Liberia, the African American colony established by the American Colonization Society in 1822. Also used as the illustration of a membership certificate of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society. In the left foreground, three bare-chested Black people, attired in white sarongs, stand at the West African cove across from the small village. The village is comprised of buildings and is surrounded by a fence. People and cattle stroll the grounds. Established in 1816, the controversial American Colonization Society promoted Black American emigration to resolve the problem of race inequality, and to dissolve the institution of slavery. Copies of the print were on view for sale at the colonization society office for over a decade. McDowall was a Black physician sent by the society to provide medical care at the colony., Title from item., Advertised in Colonization herald, June 17, 1837, vol. III, no. 54, p. 214 and later issues., Purchase 1970., 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., Lehman & Duval was a Philadelphia partnership between painter, lithographer, and engraver George Lehman, and lithographer, Peter S. Duval, that lasted from 1835 until 1837.
Date
[ca. 1836]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC-Views-Foreign-Africa [7930.F]