Peter Williams, ca. 1810-15
Oil painting by an unidentified artist. Born enslaved, Peter Williams became a tobacco merchant and founded the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in New York. For details on his life, see R.W. Logan and M.R. Winston, Dictionary of American Negro Biography (New York, 1982). For possible identification of painter, see also Hugh Honour, The Image of the Black in Western Art (Harvard University Press, 1989), vol. 4, pt. 1, p. 323n305. (Slide of painting, courtesy of New York Historical Society)
Image Title
Peter Williams, ca. 1810-15
RegID
SI-OB-528
Date
1810-1815
Title
Peter Williams, ca. 1810-15
Source
Painting held by New York Historical Society
Language
English
Item sets
Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals
Spatial Coverage
North America--New York
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
NW0119