| Title |
George Washington Roberts, son of Algernon & Tacy Roberts. 1802-1857. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1847 |
| Date |
ca. 1847 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate. |
| Description |
Portrait of Roberts, son of Algernon and Tacy Roberts. He has a half smile on his face, and is resting his right arm on a
table.
|
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Red silk with a large leaf design in the center. Manuscript note pasted to pad reads: George W. Roberts, 1802-1857. |
|
Mat: Octagonal. |
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Case: Leather. Scrolls stamped in gold on all four sides of cover. No design on verso. |
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Accompanying manuscript note reads: George Washington Roberts, son of Algernon & Tacy Roberts. 1802-1857. |
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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. 219. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
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| Subject |
Roberts, George Washington, 1802-1857 -- Portraits. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
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Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9562.6] |
| Accession number |
P.9562.6 |
