Details
Creator Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.) photographer.
Contributor Simons, Montgomery P., 1816-1877, casemaker.
Title [Portrait of seated unidentified man.] [graphic] / M.P. Simons, Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1845
Date ca. 1845
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; full plate, visible octagonal image 16 x 13 cm., in case 23 x 20 cm. (8.75 x 7.75 in.)
Description Bust length portrait of middle-aged man facing left. He wears a high collared shirt, wide necktie, vest, and jacket. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Faded red velvet. Design obscured.
Mat: Octagonal.
Case: Leather. No visible design. Casemaker/photographer's imprint "M.P. Simons, Phila." on verso.
Simons was listed as a case manufacturer in McElroy's Philadelphia directories from 1843 until 1847. By 1845 he was taking his own daguerreotypes and became one of Philadelphia's leading daguerreotypists.
Subject Men.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Binder Simons, Montgomery P., 1816-1877, casemaker.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9593]
Accession number P.9593