Depicts full-length portrait of Josef Yazbek., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso of duplicate., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Guess the nationality of this man. He is the verry [sic] Rev. Josef Yazbek, Syrian Catholic Bishop of the U.S. - and not a Jewish Rabbi. An intensly [sic] interesting man, a tempermental [sic] man, an abrupt man and one who is exceptionally well informed [sic]. (Relate a few incidents.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 110 [P.8513.110], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson110.htm
Full-length, seated portrait of the first Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania and civic leader who also served as a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. White, attired in clerical robes, sits on a Gothic-style chair within the church and looks at the viewer. His left arm hangs down over the armrest, and he holds a book in his right hand on his lap. In the left is a table with vessels for the Eucharist, including a flagon, two chalices, a plate, and a stand. There is a kneeling cushion on the floor in front of the table. In the background, stained glass windows are visible., Title from item., Date inferred from content.
Creator
Wagstaff, Charles Edward, 1808-1850, engraver
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.45]
