Frontispiece to "A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery"

National Portrait Gallery

Object Details

Artist
John Cochran, 1821 - 1865
Copy after
Henry Room, 1802 - 1850
Sitter
Moses Roper, c. 1815 - Apr 18 1891
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
1843
Object number
NPG.2016.149
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Book
Medium
Stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.3 × 8.7 cm (5 5/8 × 3 7/16")
Book closed: 15.2 × 9.6 × 1.2 cm (6 × 3 3/4 × 1/2")
Book open: 15.2 × 19.1 × 1 cm (6 × 7 1/2 × 3/8")
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Location
Currently not on view
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Book\Frontispiece
Moses Roper: Male
Moses Roper: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
Moses Roper: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
Moses Roper: Law and Crime\Enslaved person
Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.2016.149
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm457b64f02-2a78-4511-bdff-15542e72cd75
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