REASON, PATRICK HENRY (1816-1898), engraver, lithographer, abolitionist, and fraternal order leader. He was born in New York City, one of four children of Michel and Elizabeth Melville Reason;... Read full biography
REASON, PATRICK HENRY (1816-1898), engraver, lithographer, abolitionist, and fraternal order leader. He was born in New York City, one of four children of Michel and Elizabeth Melville Reason; Patrick was baptized on April 17, 1816, as Patrice Rison. His father Michel Rison was from St. Anne... Read full biography
REASON, PATRICK HENRY (1816-1898), engraver, lithographer, abolitionist, and fraternal order leader. He was born in New York City, one of four children of Michel and Elizabeth Melville Reason; Patrick was baptized on April 17, 1816, as Patrice Rison. His father Michel Rison was from St. Anne Island, Guadeloupe, and his mother Elizabeth Melville from Saint-Domingue. Patrick's young sister Policarpe died in 1818 at age four. His brother Elver (or Elwer) did not attain the prominence that Patrick... Read full biography
REASON, PATRICK HENRY (1816-1898), engraver, lithographer, abolitionist, and fraternal order leader. He was born in New York City, one of four children of Michel and Elizabeth Melville Reason; Patrick was baptized on April 17, 1816, as Patrice Rison. His father Michel Rison was from St. Anne Island, Guadeloupe, and his mother Elizabeth Melville from Saint-Domingue. Patrick's young sister Policarpe died in 1818 at age four. His brother Elver (or Elwer) did not attain the prominence that Patrick or his brother Charles Lewis did. All three brothers received their early education at the New York African Free School, established on Mulberry Street by the New York Manumission Society. Patrick's ability as an engraver was recognized at age... Read full biography
REASON, PATRICK HENRY (1816-1898), engraver, lithographer, abolitionist, and fraternal order leader. He was born in New York City, one of four children of Michel and Elizabeth Melville Reason; Patrick was baptized on April 17, 1816, as Patrice Rison. His father Michel Rison was from St. Anne Island, Guadeloupe, and his mother Elizabeth Melville from Saint-Domingue. Patrick's young sister Policarpe died in 1818 at age four. His brother Elver (or Elwer) did not attain the prominence that Patrick or his brother Charles Lewis did. All three brothers received their early education at the New York African Free School, established on Mulberry Street by the New York Manumission Society. Patrick's ability as an engraver was recognized at age thirteen when he made an engraving of the New York Africa Free School which was printed as a frontispiece for Cha... Read full biography
Patrick Henry Reason - Artist Info
About Patrick Henry Reason: Books
Books & Publications (9)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
African American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
San Antonio Museum of Art
67 pages (color)
Art: African American
1978
Lewis, Samella
246 pages (color)
Two Centuries of Black American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Driskell, David C
221 pages (color)
Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory