Details
Title [George Thompson, 1794-1876] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1845
Date ca. 1845
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Red velvet with a small spray of flowers in the center and swirls all around. Note on pad reads George Thompson, brother of my grandfather, James B. Thompson - John T. Morris.
Mat: Ornamented oval.
Case: Leather. A bouquet of mixed flowers in a modified octagonal border, with scroll work all around. Same design on verso.
See the article 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) pgs. 210-221 for information about the Roberts and Thompson Families. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Subject Thompson, George, 1794-1876 -- Portraits.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9562.2]
Accession number P.9562.2