Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral
- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Written by
- Wheatley Peters, Phillis, American, ca. 1753 - 1784
- Illustrated by
- Moorhead, Scipio, ca. 1750 - unknown
- Published by
- Bell, Archibald, British
- Date
- 1773
- Medium
- ink on paper with leather and wood
- Dimensions
- 7 x 4 3/4 x 5/8 in. (17.8 x 12.1 x 1.6 cm)
- Description
- A first edition of the book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, by Phillis Wheatley, while she was enslaved to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston. The book has a brown leather cover, the original morocco spine label, and a frontispiece featuring a portrait of Wheatley by Scipio Morehead. Along the top of the portrait are the words [PHILLIS WHEATLEY, NEGRO SERVANT TO MR. JOHN WHEATLEY OF BOSTON]. The book also has the armorial bookplate of Daniel P. Griswold, a small circular ticket from the Library of George W. Brinely, as well as a larger one from Henry Weston Sackett.
- Place printed
- London, England, Europe
- Place depicted
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- poems
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.46
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.