The Very Reverend Theobald Mathew
DraftsmanDrawn by
Albert Newsam
American, 1809 - 1864
PrinterPrinted by
P. S. Duval & Co.
American, 1835 - 1879
Date1849-1851
MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 15 1/4 x 9 1/16in. (38.7 x 23cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 1/8 x 11 11/16in. (41 x 29.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 1/8 x 11 11/16in. (41 x 29.7cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionThree-quarter length standting portrait of a man wearing a double-breasted coat over a vest and stock. Around his neck is a large medallion on a long ribbon. He is gesturing with his left hand.
Object number2014.100.1
InscribedOn recto, beneath image, printed in black ink, "THE VERY REVD. THEOBALD MATHEW / THE GREAT APOSTLE OF TEMPERANCE. / Extract of a Letter from Father Mathew dated Cork Septr. 19, 1848 to his friend Col. J. H. Sherburne at London, / in transmitting his Portrait for his acceptance, &c." / in facsimile, "I send you my Portrait, it is I am informed / a faithful Likeness. / Farewell dear Colonel, / I am with the highest respect your ever / grateful and affectionate Friend, / Theobald Mathew./ [Colon]el J. H. Sherburne.On verso, in pencil, "James N. Horman [?] [illegible name] Bunce"; upper left, in pencil, "Box #47"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Theobald Mathew was an Irish Temperence reformer. He visited the United States from 1849 to 1851. This print was probably issued at that time.
Constituent Note: Although printed in Philadephia, this particular impression appears to have been published in New Haven. The words "[Ne]w Haven" appear beneath the copyright in an area of the print with large paper losses.
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