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Mrs. Elizabeth Fry / engraved by J.C. Buttre, New York. – Vintage Print

Mrs. Elizabeth Fry / engraved by J.C. Buttre, New York., [between 1840 and 1893] — antique engraving
Mrs. Elizabeth Fry / engraved by J.C. Buttre, New York., [between 1840 and 1893]. Antique engraving from the New York City collection.

(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 Mrs. Elizabeth Fry / engraved by J.C. Buttre, New York., an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Mrs. Elizabeth Fry / engraved by J.C. Buttre, New York.

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Elizabeth Gurney Fry, the English Quaker named in this engraved portrait, spent much of her life improving conditions for women held in London's Newgate prison, where she began organizing schooling and clothing for inmates in the 1810s. Her later visits to prisons across Britain and the Continent made her one of the best-known reformers of her day. This plate was engraved by J.C. Buttre of New York expressly for the *Ladies' Repository*, a periodical aimed at women readers, which makes it a useful record of how American audiences came to know her reputation.

Created / published[between 1840 and 1893]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenrePortrait prints 1840-1900.Engravings 1840-1900.
NotesEngraved expressly for the Ladie's Repository.
SubjectsFry, Elizabeth Gurney,--1780-1845.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,046 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167462

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