Half-length portrait of the antislavery advocate, congressman, and founder of the modern public school system. Mann, attired in spectacles, a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, sits facing slightly left. Mann assisted in the legal defense of abolitionists who aided freedom seekers., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date inferred from attire of sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Accessioned 1977., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date
[between 1855 and 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs-Mann [8313.F.13b]
Bust-length portrait of the educator, abolitionist, and congressman who assisted in the legal defense of abolitionists who aided freedom seekers. Mann, attired in a white collared shirt and a black jacket, faces left., Title from printed signature of sitter below image., Date inferred from medium., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[between 1870 and 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Prints-M [P.8911.1110]
