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]
