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.
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Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
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Pad: Dark purple velvet. |
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Mat: Oval. |
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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.
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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.
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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. 210. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
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Subject |
Roberts, Algernon Sydney, 1828-1868, |
Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
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Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9562.5] |
Accession number |
P.9562.5 |