Details
Creator Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer.
Title [Ariovistus Pardee, Jr.] [graphic]
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1853
Date [ca. 1853]
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype in leather case ; plate 90 x 110 mm (quarter plate format)
Description Bust-length portrait of Pardee as a boy. He wears his hair long and tucked behind his ears. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket, white, high-collared shirt, and necktie. Pardee was a prominent Civil War Union officer celebrated for his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the son of Ariovistus Pardee, the founder of Hazleton, PA.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date from inferred age of sitter.
Plate tarnished around the edges.
Pad: Red velvet with no design.
Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. A. Root, 40 Chestnut St., Philada.
Case: Leather. Geometric pattern. Same design on verso. Front cover detached.
Gift of Samuel Earle.
Subject Pardee, Ariovistus, 1839-1901 -- Portraits.
Boys.
Military officers.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.3]
Accession number P.2016.58.3