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[Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified man, standing] [graphic].
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Creator
Rehn, Isaac, photographer.
Title
[Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified man, standing] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1853
Date
[ca. 1854]
Physical Description
2 photographs : ambrotypes on stereograph mount ; plate 83 x 108 mm (quarter plate format)
Description
Ambrotype stereograph in stereoscope case depicting a three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified white man, standing. Sitter has dark hair, combed and parted to the left, and a beard. He is attired in white shirt with a turned-up collar, a white waistcoat, a dark-colored bowtie, a dark-colored jacket with tails, and light-colored pants. His cheeks are tinted pink. He stands with his right hand touching the top rail of a wooden chair in the left. His left arm is bent and his hand holds the edge of his open jacket at his waist. In the right, a straw hat with a patterned scarf hanging out of it, lies on a side table. The pictorial detail of the scarf is hand tinted pink.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pink tinting on cheeks and scarf.
Labeled on the stereoscope: “Macher’s Improved Stereoscope. Philada. Patent, March 8th 1853.” “Stereoscopic Ambrotype. Pictures, Surpassing any thing for Depth, Clearness, and Relief, which the Art has yet produced. Also Ambrotype & Mezzograph pictures taken at the Gallery of Photography by Isaac Rehn. No. 126 Arch Street, above Sixth, South side, Philadelphia.
Mat: Oval. Engraved on metal plate, ”Ambrotype by Rehn 260 Chestnut St.” “Patented July 4 & 11, 1854.”
Case: Leather.
Biographical / historical note
Isaac Rehn is listed as a photographer in the Philadelphia directories from 1850 to-1861. Rehn has been credited with the first ambrotype in the United States.
Subject
Men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Men -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Stereoscopes.
Genre
Ambrotypes -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos – photographer – Rehn [P.2018.52]
Accession number
P.2018.52
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