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Artist
Richard Woodman, 1 Jul 1784 - 15 Dec 1859
Sitter
William Wells Brown, 6 Nov 1814 - 6 Nov 1884
Date
1855
Type
Book
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 × 11.7 cm (7 1/16 × 4 5/8")
Book closed: 18.7 × 12.8 × 3.5 cm (7 3/8 × 5 1/16 × 1 3/8")
Book open: 18.7 × 25.7 × 3 cm (7 3/8 × 10 1/8 × 1 3/16")
Topic
Book\Frontispiece
William Wells Brown: Male
William Wells Brown: Literature\Writer
William Wells Brown: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian
William Wells Brown: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist
William Wells Brown: Literature\Writer\Playwright
William Wells Brown: Society and Social Change\Enslaved person
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution