Full-length portrait of the social reformer, Indiana Congressman, and Chair of the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission. Owen, attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a jacket, an overcoat, and pants, stands holding a top hat in his right hand beside a chair, near a drape. Owen's work for the commission has been credited as the impetus for the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age 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 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 - Owen [(2)5750.F.173d]
Bust-length portrait of the social reformer, Indiana Congressman, and Chair of the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission, as a young man. Owen, attired in a white collared shirt with a cravat and a dark-colored jacket, is depicted facing right. Owen's work with the commission has been credited as the impetus for the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau during reconstruction., Title from printed signature of sitter below image., Dated based on the presented age of the sitter., Lambdin, a portrait and miniature painter, worked in Pittsburgh and Kentucky before establishing himself in Philadelphia in 1837., 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.
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints -O [(2)5750.F.174]
