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- Title
- Gottlob Freimann Aus Africa als sclave nach Amerika entfuhrt, in Europa als Wilder zur Schau gestellt als Glaubiger in Christo gestorben in Dusfelthal den 13ten August, 1826
- Description
- Left profile, bust portrait showing Freimann. He has curly hair, sideburns, and a goatee. He is attired in a jacket with the collar turned up and a top coat. Freimann was a converted free man who was also known as Jean Baptiste., Title from item., 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., Purchase 1995.
- Creator
- Kreeft, P. W., lithographer
- Date
- [ca. 1826]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - F [P.9497]
- Title
- [Portrait of a woman at her toilet]
- Description
- Half-length portrait of a young woman after Titian's masterpiece "Woman with a Mirror." Shows the woman holding her long hair off of her shoulder. One of the first two lithographs printed by Peale., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from artist signature and date in the lower left recto: Rem Peale 1826., Gift of David Doret., Created postfreeze., Library Company of Philadelphia, Annual Report, p.68-69., Described in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "A Newly-Discovered Rembrandt Peale Lithograph" in Imprint: Journal of the American Historical Print Collectors Society (Spring 2006), p. 29-32.
- Creator
- Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860, lithographer
- Date
- [ca. 1826]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - unidentified [P.2004.24]
- Title
- [The Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, aged eighteen]
- Description
- Full-length portrait of the conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker standing outdoors on grass. Shows the young men barefooted and attired in matching Thai clothing consisting of brown caps, brown tunics, and blue, striped pants. The tunics are open in the front revealing the band of skin and flesh that joined them at the chest. Chang has his right arm around Eng's shoulder, and Eng holds his hand. Eng has his left hand on Chang's waist, and Chang holds his hand. Chang and Eng Bunker were born as conjoined twins in Thailand (formerly known as Siam) to parents of Chinese descent. Chang was positioned on their left, and Eng was on their right. Merchant Robert Hunter and Sea Captain Abel Coffin brought them to the United States in 1829, where they were exhibited as curiosities. The Bunkers left their managers and later toured independently. They purchased an estate in North Carolina. Eng married Sarah Yates, and Chang married her sister Adelaide Yates and together had twenty-one children., Title from a similiar print in the Wellcome Collection., Date inferred from medium and content., Gift of David Doret., Created postfreeze.
- Date
- [ca. 1830]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department portrait prints - Bunker [P.2005.14.3]
- Title
- The Rev. Richard Allen, Bishop of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, in the U. States
- Description
- Half-length portrait of the African American bishop, seated, and holding the Holy Bible upright in his lap with his right hand. Allen is depicted with gray curly hair and is attired in a shirt with a high neck collar, a vest, and a jacket. A geometric border frames the portrait. Allen, born into slavery in Philadelphia, founded and was ordained the first bishop of the denomination, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1816., Original painting attributed to Raphaelle Peale., Title from item., 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., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Purchase 2006.
- Creator
- Boyd, John, engraver
- Date
- cDecember 8th, 1823, December 10th, 1823
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *portrait prints - A [P.2006.29]
- Title
- Revd. Jeremiah Gloucester Late pastor of the Second African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
- Description
- Half-length portrait of the African American pastor, slightly facing left and holding a Bible in his right hand, surrounded by a decorative border containing an inset of the Bible inscribed with the verse Hebrews 4:16. Gloucester has curly hair and sideburns. He iis attired in a shirt with high neck collar, a jacket, and a top coat. The portrait, published by Jeremiah's brother, Stephen, to raise funds for his widow and children, sold for $1. Gloucester was the son of John Gloucester, pastor of the First African Presbyterian Church. He became pastor of the Second African Presbyterian Church when it formed in 1824 from dissenting members of the First African Presbyterian Church following the failure of Jeremiah to be nominated to assume the pulpit of his late father., Issued as a companion piece to a portrait of John Gloucester published August 1, 1823 by J. How of Philadelphia. (LCP P.8911.430), Title from item., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., Stephen formed a splinter church, the Central Presbyterian Church, after failing to be elected to the pulpit of his late brother's church, the Second African Presbyterian Church, in 1844., Advertisement for the portrait in the March 14, 1828 edition of the first black-written New York newspaper, Freedom's Journal., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1973 p. 43., 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.
- Creator
- Tiller, Robert, engraver
- Date
- July 4th 1828
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - G [(1)5750.F.190]
- Title
- Revd. John Gloucester Late pastor of the First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
- Description
- Half-length portrait of the first African American man ordained by the Presbyterian Church, seated and facing left, and with his right hand raised. Gloucester is attired in a shirt with a high neck collar, a vest, and a jacket. Contains decorative border with an inset of the Bible inscribed with the verse John I:29. Born and enslaved in Tennessee, Gloucester, initially a missionary, presided over the first African American Presbyterian church in the country., Title from item., See Lib. Company. Annual report, 1973, p. 43., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. Accessioned 1973., 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
- B. Tanner & W.R. Jones, engraver
- Date
- August 1st 1823
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - G [P.8911.430]