Three-quarter length portrait in right profile of the Brooklyn preacher and abolitionist. Beecher, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, jacket, and pants, sits with his hands folded on his lap. Beside him is a table with an inkstand and books. A distant view of the New York harbor is visible in the background., Title from printed signature of sitter below image., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress AD 1874 by Johnson, Wilson & Co. in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington., Published in Evert Duyckinck's Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America... (New York: Johnson, Wilson, & Co., 1872-1874), vol.2, opp. p. 61. (LCP Uz1 4915.Q), Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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.
Date
1874
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Prints-B [(1)5750.F.211b]
Bust-length portrait of Brooklyn preacher and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher, attired in a white collared shirt, a black tie, a waistcoat with a pocket watch chain, and a jacket. He faces forward and looks at the viewer., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Buttre, a prolific New York portrait painter and engraver, published later in his career in 1877, "American portrait gallery," a three-volume set of celebrity portraiture which was reissued from 1880-1881.
Creator
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893, engraver
Date
[between 1853 and 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Prints-B [P.8911.30]
Bust-length portrait of Brooklyn preacher and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher, attired in a white collared shirt, a black tie, a waistcoat with a pocket watch chain, and a jacket. He faces forward and looks at the viewer., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Buttre, a prolific New York portrait painter and engraver, published later in his career in 1877, "American portrait gallery," a three-volume set of celebrity portraiture which was reissued from 1880-1881.
Creator
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893, engraver
Date
[between 1853 and 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Prints-B [P.8911.30]
