Samuel Powel portrait
Permanent ID:
10791
Image Description:
Portrait of Samuel Powel (1738-1793), who served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1775-76 and 1789-90. Powel graduated from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) in 1759 and was an early member of the American Philosophical Society, as well as a trustee of the College of Philadelphia. Powel died in September 1793 during Philadelphia's Yellow Fever epidemic and was interred at Christ Church Burial Ground.
Inscription:
Samuel Powel Mayor of Philadelphia 1775 and 1789 Samuel Powel
(on recto, below portrait)
Format:
Engravings
