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Caspar Wistar, M.D

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Bust-length portrait of the white Philadelphia physician, medical school professor, and a president of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Wistar is depicted sitting in a chair and is attired in a shirt with a ruffled collar and double-breasted jacket.; Probably by C. Goodman & R. Piggot after painter Bass Otis.

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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PA Digital

Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Engravings
  3. Faculty
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. Pennsylvania Anti Slavery Society
  6. Philadelphia
  7. Physicians Pennsylvania
  8. Portrait Prints
  9. Portraits
  10. Slaver
  11. Universities
  12. University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine
  13. Wistar, Caspar, 1761 1818

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