Harriet Beecher Stowe
Alanson Fisher · 1853
Why it's great
Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin of 1852 sold millions of copies and made many Northerners see the cruelty of slavery, in a portrait painted in 1853 by Alanson Fisher.
🏛️ Part of history
Slavery & the Fight for Freedom (1780–1865) — Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin of 1852 sold millions of copies and made many Northerners see the cruelty of slavery, in a portrait painted in 1853 by Alanson Fisher.
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Alanson Fisher was an American portrait painter born in 1807. He lived mainly in New York, painting portraits of well-known people, including the author Harriet Beecher Stowe. He died in 1884.
