| Creator |
Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893 photographer. |
| Title |
Judge Bouvier. [graphic] / Daguerreotype miniatures, by R. Cornelius, Eighth Street, above Chesnut, Philadelphia. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1840 |
| Date |
1840 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Bouvier was a Philadelphia lawyer and judge, best known for his Law Dictionary. |
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Case: In square brass frame. Paper label on verso: Daguerreotype miniatures, by R. Cornelius, Eighth Street, above Chesnut,
Philadelphia. Manuscript note on verso: Judge Bouvier.
|
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See also research file; LCP Annual Report for 1991, pgs. 51-52; Board Report, November 19, 1991; and Sarah Weatherwax, "Picturing
the Law: Images of John Bouvier," The Daguerreian Society Quarterly 32 (January-March 2020), 5-7. See also P.9357.2 for another
daguerreotype of John Bouvier.
|
| Subject |
Bouvier, John, 1787-1851 -- Portraits. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1830-1840. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1830-1840. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1830-1840. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9357.1] |
| Accession number |
P.9357.1 |
