Illustrated trade card depicting a patriotic vignette of an eagle clutching arrows in its talons., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Jackson [(2)5786.F.180b]
Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia lawyer, orator, dramatist, and a president of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society. Brown, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, sits facing slightly left., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on depicted 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. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINTS cdv portraits - sitter - Brown [(1)5750.F.59e]
Half-length portrait of the Philadelphia lawyer, orator, dramatist, and president of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society. Brown, attired in a white collared shirt, a black waistcoat, and a black jacket, sits holding papers in his left hand, which rests on top of a book with the spine labeled "Phillips' Evidence.", Title from printed signature of sitter below image., Printed lower left: Subscriber's Proof., Gift of Ken Lead, 1993., 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.
Creator
Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver
Date
1839
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - B [P.9428.2]
Full-length portrait of the Philadelphia lawyer, orator, dramatist, and a president of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society. Brown, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, jacket, pants, and shoes, stands facing slight left near a drape, urn, and balustrade., Title and date from manuscript note on verso: David Paul Brown. Taken 1861; Wm Rawle Brown., Purchased 1994., 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
1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits-sitter-Brown [P.9459.1]
Full-length portrait of the Philadelphia lawyer, orator, dramatist, and president of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society standing near a side table. Brown is attired in a white collared shirt, a black tie, a black jacket with tails, and pants., Title from printed signature of sitter below image., Date inferred from the working dates of the engraver and the attire of 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Brothers Thomas Howland and Edward Mumford, Philadelphia engravers and electrotypists, provided subject illustrations for Philadelphia publishers during the 1850s and 1860s. Edward died in 1858, with Thomas continuing in business until the 1860s.
Creator
Mumford (firm), engraver
Date
[between 1855 and 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Prints-B [(1)5750.F.59f]
