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Preferred Citation:

The House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States Photographed from life during the Triennial Convention, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information:

Gift.

Scope and Contents

Bound photograph album of the attendees at The House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States Triennial Convention.  Includes a carte des visite photograph of each Bishop with a printed biography on the facing page.  Made from heavy paper stock, with gilt edged paper showing impressions of lambs and doves.  Tooled leather binding.  Photographed by J. Gurney and Sons and published by T. Porter Shaw of New York. 49 pp.

Related Material

Swem Library - Rare Book - Bruton Parish Church,  BX 5990 .H6,   The House of Bishops : the latest portraits of the living bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States in the order of consecration; also the two members of the first House of Bishops and a composite group of the House of Bishops which met in Richmond in 1859.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Carte de visite photographs
• Episcopal Church
• Episcopal Church--Bishops
• Episcopal Church--Clergy
• Photograph albums