Left profile, bust portrait showing Freimann. He has curly hair, sideburns, and a goatee. He is attired in a jacket with the collar turned up and a top coat. Freimann was a converted free man who was also known as Jean Baptiste., Title from item., 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., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Purchase 1995.
Creator
Kreeft, P. W., lithographer
Date
[ca. 1826]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - F [P.9497]
Half-length portrait of the African American bishop, seated, and holding the Holy Bible upright in his lap with his right hand. Allen is depicted with gray curly hair and is attired in a shirt with a high neck collar, a vest, and a jacket. A geometric border frames the portrait. Allen, born into slavery in Philadelphia, founded and was ordained the first bishop of the denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1816., Original painting attributed to Raphaelle Peale., Title from item., 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., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Purchase 2006.
Creator
Boyd, John, engraver
Date
cDecember 8th, 1823, December 10th, 1823
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *portrait prints - A [P.2006.29]
