William Bacon Stevens portrait, 1876
Permanent ID:
13777Date:
1876Image Description:
A portrait of William Bacon Stevens (1815-1887) from the first of two photographic portrait albums assembled by W. Curtis Taylor & Company for the Centennial Exhibition. Stevens was the fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. Born on July 13, 1815, Stevens was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover and later studied medicine at Dartmouth College and the Medical College of South Carolina. After practicing medicine in Savannah, Georgia, for five years, he served state historian of Georgia and at that time he began to study for the priesthood of the Episcopal Church. He was ordained deacon on February 28, 1843 and later to the priesthood on January 7, 1844. He briefly served as professor of moral philosophy at the University of Georgia prior to being called as the rector of St. Andrew's Church of Philadelphia in 1848. He received the Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Pennsylvania and was later elected assistant bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania.This digital record contains one image that depicts one portrait from box 114 (labeled as: Representative Men in Phila. 1876").
Address:
914 Chestnut Street, PhiladelphiaFormat:
PhotographsDimensions:
Width: 30 cm, Height: 36 cmCollection:
Herbert Welsh CollectionRelated Person or Organization:
W. Curtis Taylor And Company (creator)Library of Congress Subjects:
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) [info:lc/authorities/names/n50057204]