Resurrection of Henry Box Brown

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified Artist

Sitter

Henry Box Brown, 1815 - 15 Jun 1897

William Still, 7 Oct 1821 - 14 Jul 1902

James Miller McKim, 10 Nov 1810 - 13 Jul 1874

Charles Dexter Cleveland, 1802 - 1869

Lewis Thompson, 3 Jul 1807 - 26 Aug 1866

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1872

Object number

S/NPG.2018.89.6

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Medium

Engraving on paper

Dimensions

Book closed: 24.4 × 17.5 × 5.8 cm (9 5/8 × 6 7/8 × 2 5/16")

Book open: 24.4 × 31.6 × 5.8 cm (9 5/8 × 12 7/16 × 2 5/16")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses

Equipment\Walking stick\Cane

Tool\Hatchet

Container\Box

Book

Tool\Saw

Charles Dexter Cleveland: Male

Charles Dexter Cleveland: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer

Charles Dexter Cleveland: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator

Henry Box Brown: Male

Henry Box Brown: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist

Henry Box Brown: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Performer

Henry Box Brown: Law and Crime\Enslaved person

Henry Box Brown: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Performer\Magician

William Still: Male

William Still: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer

William Still: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian

William Still: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist

James Miller McKim: Male

James Miller McKim: Arts and Culture\Literature\Publisher

James Miller McKim: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist

James Miller McKim: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister

Lewis Thompson: Male

Lewis Thompson: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist

Lewis Thompson: Business and Finance\Tradesman\Printer

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm418b1df6c-fd61-4ed8-86fb-4cda2fdbb5db

Record ID

npg_S_NPG.2018.89.6