Block numbered in two places: 6039., Image of a man (a minister?) sitting in a chair with a book, while four young standing girls share a book and face him., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Annals of the Poor p. 212 ‘I frequently used to assemble this little group’” – Inscribed on side of block., Illustration appears in New book of two hundred pictures, p. 106., Illustration also appears in Child's world v. 5 no. 5, p. 2.
Contains a border comprised of gothic architectural elements, floral motifs, and two vignettes. First vignette shows the reverend blessing the formally attired couple. The bride wears an off-the-shoulder wedding dress and veil and the groom wears a tuxedo. Second vignette shows the married couple exiting the church, hand in hand, followed by three wedding guests., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Issued December 20, 1855 to William Morrison and Elizabeth Alice Hill. Signed by Samuel Dubborow, Rector of the New Church of the Evangelists. Franklin Smith, witness., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 142, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 614 D 956
Creator
Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 614 D 956
Contains a border comprised of gothic architectural elements, floral motifs, and two vignettes. First vignette shows the reverend blessing the formally attired couple. The bride wears an off-the-shoulder wedding dress and veil and the groom wears a tuxedo. Second vignette shows the married couple exiting the church, hand in hand, followed by three wedding guests., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Henry W. Shouse of Hauley Wayne Co. Pa. and Ann Eliza Nekerris of District of Spring Garden County Philada. on October 16, 1851. Signed by Edmund Neville, Rector of Christ Church, New Orleans., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 145
Creator
Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 14349.Q [Roughwood]
Three-quarter length portrait of Rev. Crummell, the African American Episcopal priest, educator, missionary, and Black nationalist. Crummell is attired in his clerical robes, over a vest, long sack coat, and trousers. He wears eye glasses, a beard, and holds his right hand up to his chest, holding what is possibly a pipe. Crummell, born in New York and the first African American graduate of the University of Cambridge, lived as a missionary and educator in Liberia between 1853 and 1873. He returned to the U.S. and located to Washington, D.C. where in 1875 he and his congregation founded St. Luke's Episcopal Church, the first independent Black Episcopal church in the city. He spoke before the "Philadelphia Library Company" in St. Thomas's Episcopal Church about "The Natives of Africa, their Habits, Customs, Religion, and Characteristics" on December 10, 1861. Presumably, the portrait photograph was taken around this time., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel, Nineteenth-Century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), 9., Originally part of a McAllister Scrapbook of Portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Gutekunst, a premier Philadelphia photographer, in business from 1860 until 1917, was known as a specialist in portraiture and celebrity portraiture.
Creator
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Crummell [5750.F.122]
Group portrait depicting the graduating students, including a woman and an African American man, posed outside of the school at 42nd and Spruce Streets. The fifteen students, attired in caps and gowns, sit and stand in three rows. A religious instructor, attired in a black robe and a necklace with a large cross, stands among them. The Philadelphia Divinity School, incorporated in 1863, was an outgrowth of the Diocesan training school started by Protestant Episcopal Bishop Alonzo Potter. An official Department of Women was established at the Divinity School around 1939., Title and date from note inscribed on negative: PDS 1931., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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.
Creator
Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date
1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators-11x14 [P.8888.8]
Half-length portrait of abolitionist and first African American bishop, Richard Allen. Allen, born enslaved in Philadelphia, founded and was ordained the first bishop of the denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1816. Allen, attired in a white tie, a black waistcoat, and a black jacket, faces slightly right., Title from item., Probably drawn on stone by deaf and mute Philadelphia lithographer Albert Newsam., Purchase 2001., 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.
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - Allen [P.9968]
Three-quarter length portrait of the Philadelphia minister of the First Presbyterian Church. Barnes, attired in a white collared shirt, a black waistcoat, jacket, and pants, holds a book in his right hand and sits facing slightly left. Barnes, an author of several antislavery tracts and a former member of the American Colonization Society, was an advocate of the 14th Amendment., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from photographic medium., Possibly by Philadelphia photographer Broadbent & Co., Accessioned 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date
[between 1855 and 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs-Barnes [P.9916]
Group portrait depicting the graduating students, including two African American men, posed outside of the school at 42nd and Spruce Streets. The nineteen students, attired in caps and gowns, sit and stand in three rows. The Philadelphia Divinity School, incorporated in 1863, was an outgrowth of the Diocesan training school started by Protestant Episcopal Bishop Alonzo Potter., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inscribed on negative: PDS 1933., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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.
Creator
Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date
1933
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators-11x14 [P.8888.8a]
Bust-length portrait of Carlton Miller Tanner (ca. 1869-1933), the African Methodist Episcopal clergyman, missionary, author, and brother of artist Henry Ossawa Tanner. Depicts Tanner, his head turned slightly right, attired in a white clerical collar; dark-colored, button-down vest; and dark-colored jacket with notched lapels. His hair is cropped short and he wears a mustache. Tanner, born in Philadelphia, was a graduate of the Institute of Colored Youth and Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. Holding a Doctor of Divinity from Wilberforce University, Payne Theological Seminary, Tanner began work as a pastor about 1893 and presided over the A.M.E. churches Big Bethel Church (Atlanta, Ga.) in the early 1900s and Metropolitan Church A.M.E. (Washington D.C.) between 1917 and 1922. Tanner also established the South African Christian Recorder in 1902 and wrote a "Manual of the A.M.E. Church." He passed away while a resident of Chicago, IL., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Description reviewed 2022., Access points reviewed 2022.
Creator
Kuebler, William J., photographer
Date
[April 17, 1896]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Swayne Collection [P.2018.66.4]
Bound volume of portraits primarily delineated by Max Rosenthal showing prominent Philadelphians, and historical and military figures, including members of the Continental Congress, clergyman, legislators, government officials, physicians, military officers, artists, and authors. Contains full-length, half-length, bust-length, and profile portraits, with some containing backgrounds and props. Also includes the front page of a September 1885 edition of "Paper and Press" containing a portrait and biography of Philadelphia publisher Henry Carey Baird and an article about printed blanks.
Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Sears, seated next to a table on which there are books., In Hamline, Melinda. Memoirs of Mrs. Angeline B. Sears, with extracts from her correspondence (Cincinnati, 1851), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Your affectionate Angeline., Mrs. Sears was the wife of the itinerant Methodist minister Clinton W. Sears. As the wife of a minister, she had occasion to aid others, especially the sick and the poor, before her death at a young age from consumption (the disease known as tuberculosis today).
In Autographs for Freedom (Auburn, N.Y., 1854), plate opposite p. 41., Facsimile signature: Antoinette L. Brown., Bust-length portrait of the woman preacher, with a brooch on her lace collar.
In Park, R. Jerusalem; and other poems juvenile and miscellaneous (New York, 1857), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Mary B Park., Mary Park, the beloved wife of the Rev. Roswell Park, president of Racine College, died in childbirth., Waist-length portrait of Park, wearing a shawl and ornamental bow.
In Garrison, E.W. Memoir of Mrs. Rebekah P. Pinkham (Portland, Me., 1840), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: R.P. Pinkham., Mrs. Pinkham was the wife of the Rev. Ebenezer Pinkham., Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Pinkham, wearing bonnet.
In Lee, J. Religious experience and journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee (Philadelphia, 1849), frontispiece., Waist-length portrait of black preacher, seated at table with pen in hand; inkwell, books, and other papers also on table.
In Henry, G.W. Trials and triumphs (for half a century) in the life of G.W. Henry (Oneida, 1856), frontispiece., Mrs. Henry was the wife of the blind Methodist minister George W. Henry (b. 1801). In the 1875 New York State census, the Rev. Henry is listed as living with his wife Susan C. Henry., Three-quarter length portrait of Susan C. Henry (?) seated next to her daughter Florence. Mrs. Henry holds her son George Wesley on her lap.
In Davis, A.H. The Female preacher, or, Memoir of Salome Lincoln (Providence ; Boston, 1843), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Salome Lincoln., Below signature: Math. 25:6. "Behold the Bridegroom cometh." Page 46 & 47. "This book was thine -- here didst thou read -- This picture, ah! yes here indeed I see thee still.", Waist-length portrait of the preacher, in profile, holding an open book.
In Wisner, B.B. Memoirs of the late Mrs. Susan Huntington. 2nd ed. (Boston, 1826), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Adieu, beloved friend – S. Huntington., Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Huntington.
In Phelps, A.A. The life of Mrs. Fanny L. Bartlett (Boston, 1860), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: I remain yours truly F.L. Bartlett., Mrs. Bartlett was the wife of Dr. Oliver C. Bartlett, a physician and lay preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Cf. Widmann, R.D. "'Lost in the immensity of God': A pre-Civil War Methodist woman's experience of the presence and power of God," Methodist history 25:3 (April 1987), 164-75., Three-quarter portrait of Mrs. Bartlett, seated, wearing a bonnet and a shawl.
In The Mothers' journal, and Family visitant, v. 14, no. 3 (March, 1849), plate opposite p. 69., Facsimile signature: With very great respect Sir, Truly Yours Eliza C. Allen., Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Allen, wearing bonnet; with a bookcase in the background.
In Bouton, N. Memoir of Mrs. Elizabeth McFarland. 3rd ed. (Boston, 1839), frontispiece., Waist-length portrait of the clergyman's wife, wearing a bonnet and shawl., Facsimile signature: Your affectionate friend Eliza'h MFarland.
In Breckinridge, J. A memoir of Mrs. Margaret Breckinridge (Philadelphia, 1839), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Marg't Breckinridge., Bust-length portrait of Mrs. Breckinridge, with lace shawl.
Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia Presbyterian minister, abolitionist, and founder of the Union League. Brainerd, attired in a white collared shirt, a white bowtie, and a black jacket, looks at the viewer., Title from manuscript note on mount of (1)5750.F.55a., Date based on photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Created postfreeze., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - sitter - B [(1)5750.F.55a&56c]
Bound volume of portraits primarily delineated by Max Rosenthal showing prominent Philadelphians, and historical and military figures, including members of the Continental Congress, clergyman, legislators, government officials, physicians, military officers, artists, and authors. Contains full-length, half-length, bust-length, and profile portraits, with some containing backgrounds and props. Also includes the front page of a September 1885 edition of "Paper and Press" containing a portrait and biography of Philadelphia publisher Henry Carey Baird and an article about printed blanks., Sitters include Daniel Agnew; William Allen; Richard Bache; Phineas Bond; Thomas Cadwalader; Stephen Decatur; William Ellery, Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson; Miers Fisher; Nicholas Gilman; Ann Diggs Graeme; Thomas Graeme; Joseph Hemphill; Thomas Hopkinson; Jare Ingersoll (1722-1801); Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822); Joel Jones; Moses and Samson Levy; Brockholst Livingston; James Mease; Rev. Henry Morton; William Plumstead; Samuel Powell; Charles B.J.F. de Saint-Memin; Edward Shippen; Edward, James, Matthew, and William Tilghman;George Walton, George M. and Thomas I. Wharton; William Whipple; and Jasper Yeates., Title from stamp on spine., Manuscript index of sitters (1-100) date stamped September 11, 1883 pasted in front of volume., Majority of lithographs signed: MR., Some prints include facsimile signature of sitter., Some sitters identified by manuscript notes., Two of the engravings after daguerreotypes by McClees & Germon., Engravers, lithographers, and printers include Max and L. N. Rosenthal, John Sartain, Henry S. Wagner, and Robert Whitechurch., Max Rosenthal was a skilled lithographer, mezzotint engraver, and painter who delineated the majority of the chromolithographs for the firm he operated with his brothers Louis N., Morris (i.e., Maurice), and Simon Rosenthal in Philadelphia from 1851 to circa 1872. Rosenthal continued to work as an artist and lithographer until 1910., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Index of sitters available at repository.
Date
[ca. 1855-ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [Uz 3 10536.Q]
Ribbon illustrated with a half-length portrait of the Methodist clergyman Revd. Edward Johnson attired in a jacket and neckerchief. His right hand rests atop of a text, possibly a Bible, marked "Revd. Edward Johnson. Born March 1, 1781" on the front cover. Johnson, a sailmaker by trade, was one of a group of parishioners who seceded from Richard Allen's Bethel A.M.E. Church in 1820 to form the First Colored Wesley Methodist Church (incorporated in 1826). He was placed in charge of the congregation in 1822 for which he also served as a trustee. Johnson was listed as a Methodist clergyman residing in New Market Ward, Philadelphia in the 1850 census, as well as cited at 21 Hurst Street in Philadelphia city directories between circa 1841 and 1853., Date inferred from attire of sitter., Title from item., Purchased with funds from the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation., Purchase 2012., 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., Lib. Company. Annual report, 2012, p. 59-60.
Date
[ca. 1830]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Textiles [P.2012.49]
Duplicate interior views showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1840-1842 after the designs of William L. Johnston on the 700 block of Vine Street. Recess of altar decorated with garland and a wreath adorned with lettering reading "God With Us" and a star inscribed "IHS." Also includes two clergymen in clerical robes at the altar near potted trees and a partial view of pews., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains a stereographic print mounted on a white paper mount with square corners and accompanied by a publisher's label describing the church building and the history of the congregation. Also contains a one-half stereographic print mounted on paper., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator
McAllister & Brother
Date
February 1861, c1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.93b(v); (4)1322.F.94a]
Bust-length portrait of the Baptist clergyman, abolitionist, and President of University of Chicago. Anderson, wearing a beard and attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, faces slightly left., Title from manuscript note written on mount., American Celebrities Album., Purchase 1985., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.15b]
Three-quarter length portrait of the abolitionist preacher and author. Cheever, attired in a white collared shirt, a black tie, waistcoat, jacket, overcoat, and pants, holds a top hat in his gloved hands as he sits facing the viewer. Cheever's book, "The Guilt of Slavery and the Crime of Slaveholding: Demonstrated from the Greek and Hebrew Scriptures," argued that the Bible categorically denounces slavery., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of the sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. 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
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Cheever [(1)5750.F.82d]
Three-quarter length portrait of George Barrell Cheever, the radical abolitionist preacher and author. Cheever, attired in a white collared shirt, a black waistcoat, jacket, and pants, stands looking slightly right and holds a walking stick in his right hand. His book, "The Guilt of slavery and crime of slaveholding: demonstrated from the Greek and Hebrew scriptures," argued that the Bible categorically denounced slavery., Title from manuscript note on mount., Dated based on the presented age of the sitter., Photographer's imprint inscribed on negative., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. 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.
Creator
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896, photographer
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Cheever [(1)5750.F.82e]
