| Creator |
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer. |
| Title |
[John J. Thompson, 1815-1886.] [graphic] / W & F. Langenheim Philadelphia Exchange. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1845 |
| Date |
ca. 1845 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/2 plate. |
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Faded red velvet embossed W & F. Langenheim Philadelphia Exchange. |
|
Mat: Octagonal. |
|
Case: Leather. Within an ocatgonal border is a bouquet of mixed flowers. No design on verso. |
|
Manuscript note pasted to pad reads "John J. Thompson, my mother's brother and my dear uncle. - John T. Morris." Reproduced
in "The Ties That Bind: Daguerreotypes and the Roberts and Thompson Families" by Sarah Weatherwax in The Daguerreian Annual
1999 (Pittsburgh, Pa.: The Daguerreian Society, 1999) p. 214. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
|
| Subject |
Thompson, John J., 1815-1886 -- Portraits. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9562.3] |
| Accession number |
P.9562.3 |
