Details
Creator Husted, photographer.
Title Dr. Alex C. Hart [graphic] / Husted.
Publisher Philadelphia
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 11 x 17 cm (4 x 6.5 in.) (cabinet card format)
Description Half-length portrait of Alexander C. Hart. Hart, wearing a beard and his hair parted to the right and attired in a white collared shirt, tie, and jacket, looks right. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War.
Notes Title from manuscript note on recto.
Date inferred from dates of operation of the photographer and attire of the sitter.
Photographer's imprint on recto: Husted, Philadelphia.
Photographer's imprint on verso: Husted, Ridge Ave. and Wallace St., Philadelphia.
Gift of David Doret, 2017.
Biographical / historical note Joseph Husted was listed in the Philadelphia directory as a photographer beginning in 1863. His brother William and sister Anne were listed in the Philadelphia directory as photographers beginning in 1880.
Subject Hart, Alexander Chambers, 1811-1884 -- Portraits.
Men -- Portraits.
Philadelphia artists.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Portrait photographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.2]
Accession number P.2010.21.5.2