Artwork Details
- Title
- Rev. William White, D.D.
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1830
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sight 1 3⁄4 x 1 1⁄2 in. (4.4 x 3.8 cm) oval
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- enameled copper
- Keywords
- Portrait male — White, William — bust
- Occupation — religion — clergy
- Object Number
- 1951.3.2
Artwork Description
William White (1748-1836) was the first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. He was influential in the development of this new religion and created a constitution for the church similar in its ideas to the Constitution of the United States. White served as bishop from 1787 until his death in 1836.