Portrait photo of Portrait of William Henry Channing

Photograph shows William Henry Channing (1810-1884), Unitarian minister, women's rights advocate, writer and Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives (from 1863-1864). Channing was also one of five director's for the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth, Washington, D.C., incorporated in 1863 by the U.S. Congress as successor to Mytilla Miner's Normal School for Colored Girls.
Photographer not identified.

Photograph is housed in an album. Album page has decorative gold borders framing the print.
The text "Wm H. Channing" written on album page below photograph.
Collection of the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
Purchased by the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Swann Galleries; 2017.
Formerly owned by Emily Howland.
Forms part of the Emily Howland photograph album, p. 7.