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

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Data source:

Research Catalog

Image ID

1708332


Item data

Title

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

Collection

Portrait collection
Frederick Douglass portrait collection

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1879-12-13

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Douglass, Frederick

Subjects

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
African American abolitionists
African American authors
African American orators
Offices

Genres

Portraits
Illustrations

Physical Description

Wood engravings

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16819138
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG085000678-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11487500
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d5716ed0-c5f1-012f-6f5d-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1879-12-13

Cite this item

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. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5716ed0-c5f1-012f-6f5d-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1879). Harper's Weekly portrait of Frederick Douglass seated at desk holding newspaper Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5716ed0-c5f1-012f-6f5d-58d385a7bc34

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 January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5716ed0-c5f1-012f-6f5d-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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