| 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 |
