Full-length, group portrait depicting African American legislators: Senator Hiram R. Revels of Mississippi, Congressmen Robert C. De Large of South Carolina, Jefferson H. Long of Georgia, Benjamin S. Turner of Alabama, Josiah T. Walls of Florida, Joseph H. Rainy [sic] of South Carolina, and R. Brown Elliot of South Carolina. All of the legislators, attired in suits, are seated, except DeLarge and Long who stand., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by Currier & Ives in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington., Purchase 1968., 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., Sitters' portraits possibly after photographs by Mathew Brady. See Library of Congress Brady-Handy Collection.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
1872
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Group Portrait Prints [12981.Q]
