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[Henry Howard Houston, 1820-1895] [graphic].
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Creator
Mifflin, J. Houston (John Houston), 1807-1888, photographer.
Title
[Henry Howard Houston, 1820-1895] [graphic].
Publisher
Augusta, Ga
Publisher
GA. Augusta. 1840
Date
1841
Physical Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate.
Description
Portrait of Houston as a young man. He has a full head of hair, and is wearing a wide black tie. Houston was a prominent Philadelphia businessman with interests in railroads, shipping and oil. His real estate dealings led to the development of the Chestnut Hill neighborhood in Philadelphia.
Notes
Previously attributed to Robert Cornelius. See Rachel K. Wetzel, "The Robert Cornelius Project: Formulating Attributions Through a Collaborative Research Process," Daguerreian Annual 2019, fig. 21.
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Brown felt. Manuscript note under pad: Augusta, Georgia February 1840. Henry Howard Houston.
Mat: Ornamented oval.
Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso.
Reproduced in Robert Cornelius: Portraits from the Dawn of Photography by William F. Stapp (Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1983), plate 14. See also Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), fig. 53.
Gift of Mrs. James Dallett, 1981.
Subject
Houston, Henry Howard, 1820-1895 -- Portraits.
Genre
Daguerreotypes -- 1830-1840.
Portrait photographs -- 1830-1840.
Photograph cases -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8896.1]
Accession number
P.8896.1
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Cased Photograph Collection
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