Details
Creator Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.) photographer.
Title [Amos G. Dubree as a young man.] [graphic] / Daguerreotyped by M.P. Simons, No. 120 Chestnut Street, below Fourth, south side, Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1846
Date April 14, 1846
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate.
Description Portrait of a young, handsome Dubree looking slightly to his left. Hand colored pink on cheeks.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Very faded red silk.
Mat: Octagonal. Blue paper mat.
Case: Leather. No design. Printed label with manuscript insertions (noted in brackets) on verso of plate: M[r. Amos G. Dubree]. Daguerreotyped [April 14] 184[6] by M.P. Simons, No. 120 Chestnut Street, below Fourth, south side, Philadelphia. Miniatures of all sizes, Family Groups, &c., taken in the most faithful manner. Oil Paintings and Pictures Of all kinds Copied and Colored in Imitation of the Original, upon the most reasonable terms. Addtional manuscript notes above and below label read Amos Dubree and John Dubree respectively.
Dubree is listed in city directories in the late 1840s as a wood corder and later as a brushmaker. See Board Report, November 12, 1997. See also 1997 Acquisitions folder.
LCP purchase.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9560.1]
Accession number P.9560.1