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Harper's Weekly portrait of Frederick Douglass seated at desk holding newspaper

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Harper's Weekly portrait of Frederick Douglass seated at desk holding newspaper

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Title
Harper's Weekly portrait of Frederick Douglass seated at desk holding newspaper
Collection

Portrait collection

Frederick Douglass portrait collection

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1879-12-13
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Douglass, Frederick
Topics
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
African American abolitionists
African American authors
African American orators
Offices
Genres
Portraits
Illustrations
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16819138
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG085000678-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11487500
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d5716ed0-c5f1-012f-6f5d-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1879: Issued
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Harper's Weekly portrait of Frederick Douglass seated at desk holding newspaper" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1879-12-13. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6e4b360e-d08b-8d31-e040-e00a180665b3

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Harper's Weekly portrait of Frederick Douglass seated at desk holding newspaper" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6e4b360e-d08b-8d31-e040-e00a180665b3

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1879-12-13). Harper's Weekly portrait of Frederick Douglass seated at desk holding newspaper Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6e4b360e-d08b-8d31-e040-e00a180665b3

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6e4b360e-d08b-8d31-e040-e00a180665b3 | title= (still image) Harper's Weekly portrait of Frederick Douglass seated at desk holding newspaper, (1879-12-13) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 23, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Harper's Weekly portrait of Frederick Douglass seated at desk holding newspaper