• [The Reverend Mr. Samson Occom : the first Indian minister that ever was in Europe, & who accompanied the Rev'd Nathan'l. Whitaker, D.D. in an application to Great Britain for charities to support ye Rev'd. Dr. Wheelock's Indian academy, and missionaries among ye native savages of N. America] / [M. Chamberlin, pinx't.; J. Spilsbury, fecit].

Collections:

• Indigenous Cultures
• Print Culture in Indigenous North America

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99125502498306421

Language:

• English

Creator:

• Spilsbury, John, 1739-1769

Extent:

• 1 print : mezzotint, sheet 36 x 26 cm

Format:

• Visual material

Description:

• Princeton copy 1: Mounted on paper with graphite annotations in lower margins of both the print and mount (some German text).

Publisher:

• [London] : [H. Parker], [1768].

Subject:

• Occom, Samson 1723-1792—Portraits—Early works to 1800
• Clergy—Portraits—Early works to 1800
• Indigenous peoples of North America—History—18th century—Early works to 1800
• Indigenous Studies
• mezzotints (prints)
• prints (visual works)
• artists' proofs

Contributor:

• Chamberlin, Mason, -1787

Created:

• 1768-01-01T00:00:00Z

Date:

• 1768

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/dcw3763j76n

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Range label:

• Logical

Abstract:

• Three-quarter-length portrait of Occom seated at desk, turned left and pointing toward an open Bible while gazing out at viewer. Proof before letters.

Engraver:

• Spilsbury, John, 1739-1769

Call number:

• HSV/Flat File 3, Drawer 11/GC106/Matted GA 2024.03863

Location:

• Special Collections HSV/Flat File 3, Drawer 11/GC106/Matted GA 2024.03863