- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Created by
- Wellstood & Co., American
- Subject of
- Rainey, Joseph Hayne, American, 1832 - 1887
- Revels, Hiram Rhodes, American, 1827 - 1901
- Bruce, Blanche Kelso, American, 1841 - 1898
- Lynch, John R., American, 1847 - 1939
- Date
- early 1880s
- Medium
- ink on wove paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 3/8 × 5 15/16 in. (23.8 × 15.1 cm)
- Description
- An engraved portrait of five African American legislators from Reconstruction Congresses. Five head portraits are depicted in a staggered arrangement of decorative oval frames. From top left to right are: Mississippian Hiram R. Revels; Alabaman James T. Rapier; Mississippian Blanche K. Bruce; South Carolinian Joseph H. Rainey; and Mississippian John R. Lynch. At the bottom of the engraving in faded black ink is: [ENGRAVED BY W. WELLSTOOD & CO. NY.]. There are no markings on the reverse.
- Place made
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- engravings
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2020.26.43
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




