James G. Birney
Object Details
- depicted
- Birney, James Gillespie
- Wilberforce, William
- Sowle, John
- Baillie, James S.
- Description (Brief)
- Color print, half length portrait of a man (James G. Birney) seated in a chair with his arm resting on document on a table in front of him. On a bracketed shelf to his left is a bust labeled "Wilberforce", indicating his interest in the abolition movement. In the far left background out a window are two black men hoeing a field. A column with green drapery is on the right behind him.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- n.d.
- ID Number
- DL.60.3182
- catalog number
- 60.3182
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Measurements
- image: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Clothing & Accessories
- Art
- Peters Prints
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Furnishings
- Communication, letter writing
- Reform Movements
- Blacks
- Record ID
- nmah_325421
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-e9a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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