| Title |
[Portrait of an unidentified man] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia 1850 |
| Date |
[ca. 1850] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 70 x 83 mm (sixth plate format) |
| Description |
Bust-length, forward facing portrait of an African American man. Sitter is attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie,
and a black jacket. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter. |
|
Pad: Red/brown velvet with geometric design in center surrounded by scrolls. |
|
Mat: Oval. |
|
Case: Leather. Spray of flowers in a nonpareil like border. Scroll work all around. Plain verso. Design called "Lily and Rose"
and is Plate 114 in Floyd and Marion Rinhart's American miniature case art (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc.,
1969.)
|
|
Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993. |
|
Reproduced on cover and on page 42 of Julie Winch's The Elite of our people (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University
Press, 2000).
|
|
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
| Subject |
Dickerson family. |
|
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
African American men -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.2] |
| Accession number |
P.9427.2 |
