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Algernon Roberts, 1828-1868. Age about 21. Pencoyd [graphic].
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Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.) photographer.
Title
Algernon Roberts, 1828-1868. Age about 21. Pencoyd [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1848
Date
September 4, 1848
Physical Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate.
Description
Seated, waist-length portrait of Roberts, well coiffed, wearing a big black bowtie. His left arm is resting on a table. Pencoyd was the Roberts Family estate near Philadelphia.
Notes
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Dark purple velvet.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Leather. It is shaped like a book and is similar to Fig. 41 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) The case manufacturer is identified as H.A. Eichmeyer of Philadelphia.
Attributed to Simons based on entry in Robert's diary dated September 4, 1848 (HSP, Roberts Family Papers #2087) that reads: Had my daguerreotype taken with Sidney for Uncle George at Simmons [sic] ....He took us in a sitting posture.
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. 210. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Subject
Roberts, Algernon Sydney, 1828-1868,
Genre
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9562.5]
Accession number
P.9562.5
In Collections
Cased Photograph Collection
Fashioning Philadelphia: The Style of the City, 1720-1940
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