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William Rawle portrait, 1832
That colleagues would commission his portrait, William Rawle was undoubtedly a much esteemed lawyer in Philadelphia. He was also a philanthropist and founding president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. His image shown here comes from a lithograph by Albert Newsam (1809-1864) of the Philade...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania portrait collection (#V88) |
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| Date: | 1832 |
| Location: | Childs & Inman 122 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | public domain Please contact Rights and Reproduction for more information. |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5915 |
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That colleagues would commission his portrait, William Rawle was undoubtedly a much esteemed lawyer in Philadelphia. He was also a philanthropist and founding president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. His image shown here comes from a lithograph by Albert Newsam (1809-1864) of the Philadelphia firm of Childs & Inman. Newsam, a highly-regarded copyist, based his print on the portrait requested by the members of the Philadelphia bar.The artist so commissioned was Henry Inman (1801-1846). From 1830 to 1833, Inman teamed with Cephas G.Childs (1793-1871) to form one of the earliest premier lithographic firms in the city. |
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