The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments

Published by

A. J. Holman & Company, American, 1872 - 1961

Owned by

Shearer, Charles, American, 1854 - 1934

Shearer, Henrietta Merchant, American, died 1917

Date

1875

Medium

leather, metal, ink on book paper

Dimensions

12 3/4 x 10 x 5 in. (32.4 x 25.4 x 12.7 cm)

Title

Family Bible used by the family of Charles and Henrietta Shearer

Description

Shearer family illustrated bible with leather hardcover binding, and ornate metallic recessed design with metal clasp enclosures.

Place collected

Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, Martha's Vineyard, North and Central America

Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Religious and Sacred Objects

Type

Bibles

Topic

Families

Religious groups

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Auldlyn Higgins Williams and E.T. Williams in memory of Hazel Shearer Thomas Gray and her mother Emma Shearer Thomas

Object number

2012.32

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Usage

CC0

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd521221260-c9a6-4ff8-bf11-1d94efd36a12