Half-length portrait of the aged abolitionist Senator from Ohio, as an older man. Wade, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, faces slightly right. Wade fought for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act, was a partisan of the 14th Amendment, and was a supporter of the Freedman's Bureau and numerous civil rights bills., Title from printed signature of sitter below image., 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.
Creator
Sartain, Samuel, 1830-1906, engraver
Date
[ca. 1878]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Prints-W [P.8911.1021]
Half-length portrait of the abolitionist Senator from Ohio. Wade, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a waistcoat, and a jacket, sits in a wooden chair and faces left. Wade fought for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act, was a partisan of the 14th Amendment, and was a supporter of the Freedman's Bureau and numerous civil rights bills., Title from printed signature of sitter below image., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - W [P.8911.1116]
