Portrait of a Thomas Birch Freeman; son of a freed slave, half-length portrait looking to his right, his left hand holding a book. He wears a dark jacket and waistcoat, white shirt and cravat.. Clean-shaven. Probably Beard studio, King William Street, London.
Thomas Birch Freeman (1809-1890) was a British Methodist missionary to West Africa, born in Hampshire the son of a freed slave. He was accepted as a Wesleyan Methodist missionary in 1837, after he had been head gardener on a Suffolk estate. His vision, tact, humanity, energy, and durability underlie the now substantial Methodist presence in Ghana, Western Nigeria, and Benin.
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Portrait of a Thomas Birch Freeman; son of a freed slave, half-length portrait looking to his right, his left hand holding a book. He wears a dark jacket and waistcoat, white shirt and cravat.. Clean-shaven. Probably Beard studio, King William Street, London.
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Freeman, Thomas Birch
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Scratched on back: Gregory Freet 45
Hand-written in ink on back: Revd. T B freeman.
Torn label, removed 14/5/76: ... TOGRAPHIC ... TAKEN AT ... William St ... MENT Stre ...'
Mit Beard in London beginnt in Europa die Periode der daguerreschen Ateliers, sein Etablissement war das erste professionelle Fotostudio auf dem Kontinent (März 1841). Er hatte das Patent zum Daguerreotypieren in England und eröffnete in rascher Folge eine Zahl von Ateliers.
Scratched on back: Gregory Freet 45
hand-written in ink on back: Revd. T B freeman
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Note that old torn label had been removed 14/5/1976: corresponds to Richard Beard studio, London (....TOGRAPHIC... TAKEN AT ... William St ... MENT Stre...
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