Bishop Daniel Payne / Back "E. Lewis"
Scope and Contents
Painted marble bust portrait of Bishop Daniel Payne with short fringe-like beard, wearing suit.
Dates
- 1879
Creator
- Lewis, Edmonia (Sculptor, Person)
Biographical Note
Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907) was an American sculptor. She was the daughter of a Chippewa Indian mother and father, a freeman of African descent. Lewis is recognized today as the first African-American sculptor and woman to receive international recognition. She was active in Boston where she was involved in the anti-abolition movement and later became one of the leading 19th-century American women sculptors in Rome.
Biographical Note
Daniel Alexander Payne (1811-1893) was an American bishop, scholar and philanthropist. Daniel Payne was born to free Black parents in South Carolina in 1811. Payne was the first African American ordained in the Lutheran Church in Fordsboro, New York where he delivered "Slavery Brutalizes Man" speech. In 1853, he became a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. He was the first Black American president of a college, Wilberforce University in 1856 and the first Black man to lead the Methodist Ecumenical Conference. (NYPL website, accessed December 14, 2022. https://www.nypl.org/events/tours/audio-guides/visualizing-black-agency-cartes-de-visite-audio-guide/item/3485)
Extent
1 Object : sculpture : marble ; 24 x 15 x 10 inches
Language of Materials
English
Condition
Poor (4).
Department Number
AMNH Anthropology Collection A/1168
- Art Survey
- Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893 -- Portraits
- Portraits
Creator
- Lewis, Edmonia (Sculptor, Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017).
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
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