Wistar party, [Mr. George F. Edmunds] requests the pleasure of [Mr. Dreer’s] company on Saturday evening [February 5th] at nine o’clock at [1724 Spruce Street] The favor of an early answer is requested. [graphic].
Title
Wistar party, [Mr. George F. Edmunds] requests the pleasure of [Mr. Dreer’s] company on Saturday evening [February 5th] at nine o’clock at [1724 Spruce Street] The favor of an early answer is requested
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from George F. Edmunds to Ferdinand J. Dreer. In the top is a bust-length, profile vignette portrait of Caspar Wistar. George F. Edmunds (1828-1919) was a U.S. Senator for Vermont. After leaving the Senate in 1891, he moved to Philadelphia to practice law. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector., Title and date from item., Date written in manuscript on recto: 1898., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-10; P.2019.64.12-15].
Date
1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.11]
Caspar Wistar, M.D.
Title
Caspar Wistar, M.D
Description
Bust-length portrait of the white Philadelphia physician, medical school professor, and a president of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Wistar is depicted seated at a desk, on top of which are a set of books. He holds a sheet of paper in his left hand. He is attired in a shirt with a ruffled collar, vest, and jacket., Gift of David Doret, 2004., 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., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator
Neagle, John B., ca. 1796-1866, engraver
Date
[ca. 1820]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - W [P.2004.44.18]
Caspar Wistar, M.D.
Title
Caspar Wistar, M.D Late professor of anatomy to the University of Pennsylvania and President of the American Philosophical Society &c. &c
Description
Bust-length portrait of the white Philadelphia physician, medical school professor, and president of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Wistar is depicted sitting in a chair and is attired in a shirt with a ruffled collar and double-breasted jacket., Printed below image: From the original picture in the possession of Mr. Wistar., Variant appears in the Analectic magazine (Philadelphia: 1818) vol. 12, p. 441. (LCP Per A 192, vol. 12)., 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., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Charles Goodman and Robert Piggot, Philadelphia engravers, worked as partners from 1817 to 1822.
Creator
C. Goodman & R. Piggot, engraver
Date
[ca. 1818]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - W [1885.F.33]
Caspar Wistar, M.D.
Title
Caspar Wistar, M.D
Description
Bust-length portrait of the white Philadelphia physician, medical school professor, and a president of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Wistar is depicted sitting in a chair and is attired in a shirt with a ruffled collar and double-breasted jacket., Probably by C. Goodman & R. Piggot after painter Bass Otis., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., 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., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Date
[ca. 1818 - ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - W [5750.F.159c]
Caspar Wistar, M.D.
Title
Caspar Wistar, M.D
Description
Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia physician, medical school professor, and a president of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Wistar is attired in a shirt with a ruffled collar and a double-breasted jacket., Appears in volume three of several editions of James Barton Longacre and James Herring's The National portrait gallery published by various Philadelphia publishers between 1835 and 1868. LCP holds the imprints: 1834-1839; 1856; and 1867, (3)5750.F.160c originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., P.9156.9 gift of Charles Rosenberg, 1986., P.9660.16 gift of William Helfand, 1999., Access points revised 2021., Description 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
Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869, engraver
Date
[ca. 1835 - ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - W [(3)5750.F.160c; P.9156.9; P.9660.16]