| Creator | 
      Van Loan & Mayall, photographer. | 
   
   
      | Title | 
      [Portrait of a young boy and girl] [graphic] / Van Loan & Mayall | 
   
   
      | Publisher | 
      PA. Philadelphia. 1846 | 
   
   
      | Date | 
      ca. 1846 | 
   
   
      | Physical Description | 
      1 photograph : daguerreotype ; oversized quarter plate. | 
   
   
      | Description | 
      A young boy and a girl sit on wooden chairs looking directly at the photographer. The boy holds a book in his lap. | 
   
   
      | Notes | 
      Title supplied by cataloger. | 
   
   
       | 
      Pad: Faded red velvet embossed: Van Loan & Mayall, Phila. | 
   
   
       | 
      Mat: Plain octagonal. | 
   
   
       | 
      Case: Leather. Floral design border. | 
   
   
      | Biographical / historical note | 
      Samuel Van Loan and John Jabez Edwin Mayll were partners in a studio at 140 Chestnut Street in 1845 and 1846. | 
   
   
      | Subject | 
      Children. | 
   
   
       | 
      Philadelphia artists. | 
   
   
      | Genre | 
      Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. | 
   
   
       | 
      Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. | 
   
   
       | 
      Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. | 
   
   
      | Location | 
      Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.2008.2] | 
   
   
      | Accession number | 
      P.2008.2 |