Bishops of the A.M.E. Church – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Bishops of the A.M.E. Church, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bishops of the A.M.E. Church
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Rather than a portrait of a single churchman, this Boston lithograph presents the bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a denomination founded in Philadelphia in 1816 by Richard Allen, who is named among its subjects. Published around 1876 by J.H. Daniels and copyrighted by John H.W. Burley, the print offers a record of how the church presented its leadership to the public in the years after the Civil War. Its subject headings point to the church's people and to African American spiritual life in the 1870s, themes worth keeping in mind when looking at the group.
| Created / published | Boston : J.H. Daniels, c1876. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Copyright by John H.W. Burley. Exhibited: Religion and the founding of America, Library of Congress, 2000-2001. |
| Subjects | Allen, Richard,--1760-1831. African Methodist Episcopal Church--People. African Americans--Spiritual life--1870-1880. Bishops--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,725 × 3,782 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219771 |
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