Details
Title [Richard Davis Wood, 1799-1869] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Date ca. 1845
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate.
Description Portrait of Wood with his left arm is resting on a table.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Purple velvet. No design.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Leather. No design. Manuscript note pasted to spine: Richd. D. Wood 1844-5.
See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Subject Wood, Richard D. (Richard Davis), 1799-1869,
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8926.4]
Accession number P.8926.4