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Fisk, William Henry (1827-1884)
Abolition Meeting Held at Willis's Rooms in Honor of Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1853. This drawing depicts a packed reception held on May 25, 1853 at Willis's Rooms, an upscale social club located on King Street, in London's Mayfair. On this occasion, Stowe was honored by the British and Foreign Antislavery Society and the drawing shows her in the left foreground, accompanied by black and white gentlemen, greeting an admirer. Watercolor, sheet: 8 11/16 x 14 11/16 in. (22 x 37.3 cm). Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1955 (55.632.6).
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art/New York, NY/USA
Unique Identifier
ART583083
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4635px × 2875px
Photo Credit
Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY
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Abolition
ABOLITIONIST
African Americans, People
Chandelier
Crowd
Interior, Depiction of
Reception
Slavery
Stowe, Harriet E. Beecher (1811-1896)
Watercolor