<I>Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1773
name: label: Written by
content: Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784
label: Illustrated by
content: Scipio Moorhead, ca. 1750 - unknown
label: Published by
content: Archibald Bell, British
notes: label: Description
content: A first edition of the book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, by Phillis Wheatley, while she was enslaved to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston. The book has a brown leather cover, the original morocco spine label, and a frontispiece featuring a portrait of Wheatley by Scipio Morehead. Along the top of the portrait are the words [PHILLIS WHEATLEY, NEGRO SERVANT TO MR. JOHN WHEATLEY OF BOSTON]. The book also has the armorial bookplate of Daniel P. Griswold, a small circular ticket from the Library of George W. Brinely, as well as a larger one from Henry Weston Sackett.
place: label: Place printed
content: London, England, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.46.46
objectType: label: Type
content: poems
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with leather and wood
label: Dimensions
content: 7 x 4 3/4 x 5/8 in. (17.8 x 12.1 x 1.6 cm)