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Caspar Wistar, M.D: Late professor of anatomy to the University of Pennsylvania and President of the American Philosophical Society &c. &c

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C. Goodman & R. Piggot

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Bust-length portrait of the white Philadelphia physician, medical school professor, and 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.; Painted by B. Otis; Engraved by C. Goodman & R. Piggot.; Printed below image: From the original picture in the possession of Mr. Wistar.; Variant appears in the Analectic magazine (Philadelphia: 1818) vol. 12, p. 441. (LCP Per A 192, vol. 12).; Charles Goodman and Robert Piggot, Philadelphia engravers, worked as partners from 1817 to 1822.

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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Engravings
  3. Faculty
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. Pennsylvania Anti Slavery Society
  6. Philadelphia
  7. Physicians
  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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