The Abolitionist Illustrations:

William Hackwood, Am I not a Man and A BrotherAbolitionist Medallion, 1787

Patrick Reason, Kneeling Slave, Engraving, 1835With the caption: “Engraved by P. Reason, A Colored Young Man of the City of New York, 1835.

Patrick Reason, Am I not a Man and a Brother?, Abolitionist Illustration, c. 1839.

Scipio Moorhead, Phyllis Wheatley, Poet

Early American Portraits Painters

Johnston, Joshua (c.a. 1763 - 1832)

Julien Hudson (c.a. 1811- 1844)

Joshua Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. James McCormick and their Children, oil on canvas, 1804-05

Joshua Johnson (American artist, 1763–1824) Family Group

Joshua Johnson (American artist, 1763–1824) Grace Allison McCurdy (Mrs Hugh McCurdy & Her Daughter)

Joshua Johnston, The Westwood Children, ca. 1807

Joshua Johnson, John Jacob Anderson and Sons, John and Edward

Joshua Johnson, Portrait of Daniel Coker, oil on canvas, 1805-10

attributed to Joshua Johnson, Portrait of John Carroll, oil on canvas, 1810-15

Joshua Johnson, Sea Captain John Murphy, oil on canvas, 1810

Joshua Johnson, Barbara Baker Murphy, oil on canvas, 1810

Joshua JohnsonIsabella Douglas Mill Hollando/c, 1807

Joshua Johnson, Emma van Name, oil on canvas, 1805

Julien Hudson(1811-1844)

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Julien Hudson,Portrait of a Man, called a Self-Portrait,1839; oil on canvas; 8 ¾ x 7 inches; courtesy of the Collections of Louisiana State Museum

Julien HudsonCreole Boy with a Moth, 1835, oil on canvas; 29 x 23 inches;

Julien Hudson, Portrait of a Black Man by; 1835; oil on canvas;

Julien Hudson,Portrait of a Creole gentleman oil on canvas, 13 x 10.8 in. / 33 x 27.3 cm.

Julien Hudson, Jean-Michel Fortier III, oil on canvas, c. 1838