David Bustill Bowser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDavid Bustill Bowser
American artist
Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1820
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 30-Jun-1900
Profession: artist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About David Bustill Bowser
- David Bustill Bowser (January 16, 1820, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – June 30, 1900, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a 19th-century African-American ornamental artist and portraitist.As the designer of battle flags for eleven African-American regiments during the American Civil War and painter of portraits of prominent Americans, including U.S.
- President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist John Brown, Bowser was an artist whose "works were the first widely viewed, positive images of African Americans painted by an African American," according to historians at the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.Politically active throughout much of his adult life, he also helped to secure the post-war passage of key civil rights legislation in Pennsylvania.
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