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(Dr. A. F. Voelcker). The Librarians of the Historical 

 Society of Pennsylvania (Mr. J. W. Jordan), of the American 

 Philosophical Society (Mr. I. Minis Hayes), of the Library 

 Company of Philadelphia (Mr. G. M. Abbot), and of the 

 College of Physicians in that city (Mr. C. P. Fisher), as well 

 as of other public Libraries in the United States, have re- 

 sponded courteously to all his enquiries. Professor Allen C. 

 Thomas of Haverford College, Penna., has also given willing 

 aid. 



The author's thanks are due to many friends and corre- 

 spondents who have rendered to him ready help. Some of 

 this has been already acknowledged, but he would here 

 especially mention Mrs. Francis B. Gummere of Haverford, 

 and Joseph J. Green of Hastings. In both cases their know- 

 ledge and their research in Quaker lore have rendered their 

 help of special value. 



PORTRAITS, ETC. 



Fothergill was often requested to sit for his portrait, but 

 always declined to do so ; the stricter Quakers looked upon 

 portraiture as a form of vanity, although Fothergill himself 

 had a collection of the " heads " of others. But the respect 

 with which he was regarded led to not a few attempts to 

 portray him. 



(i) The chief of these was by Gilbert Stuart, who painted 

 him after his death from memory. Stuart is well known 

 for his portraits of kings and presidents, especially those of 

 Washington ; his portrait of his master, Benjamin West, P.R.A., 

 is in the National Gallery, London. That of Fothergill was 

 one of his early works ; it was exhibited at the Royal Academy 

 in 1781. It shows a man of slight build and in the prime of life : 

 the face is rather pale : note the fine forehead and mouth, and 

 the delicate hand. D. Barclay considered the likeness to be a good 

 one. It was the source of the mezzotint by Valentine Green, 1781, 

 which is the best known of Fothergill's engraved portraits ; the 

 face is much more lined than in the painting and there are other 

 changes. A reduced print was issued by W. Darton in 1828. 

 Stuart's portrait went to America, was purchased at the Ichen- 

 hauser Sale in New York in 1903, and now hangs in the Pennsyl- 

 vania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. An excellent 

 photograph by C. R. Pancoast is reproduced in this volume 

 (see Frontispiece). An oil portrait in the hall of the Medical 

 Society of London appears to be an indifferent copy of Stuart's 

 work. 



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