Details
Creator Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.) photographer.
Title [Richard Davis Wood, 1799-1869.] [graphic] / M. P. Simons, Philada.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date ca. 1847
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate.
Description Wood is posed facing to his right. He is wearing a high white collar and a big black tie.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Faded red velvet. No design.
Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint: M. P. Simons, Philada.
Case: Leather. No design.
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 -- Portraits.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8928.1]
Accession number P.8928.1