| Creator |
Brady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896 photographer. |
| Title |
[Reverend Bird Wilson, 1777-1859.] [graphic] / Brady's Gallery 205 & 207 Broadway, New York. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1850 |
| Date |
ca. 1850 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/2 plate. |
| Description |
Portrait of an elderly Wilson, looking slightly to his right, wearing glasses. |
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Dark purple velvet, embossed Brady's Gallery 205 & 207 Broadway, New York. Fancy design surrounds broken scroll border. |
|
Mat: Oval. |
|
Case: Leather. A small oval surrounded by leaves and flowers is within a modified nonpareil like border. Scroll work all around. |
|
Bird Wilson, D.D., LL.D, was a lawyer, a President Judge of the Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 7th Circuit 1806-1807,
and chair of Systematic Divinity at the General Theological Seminary in New York, 1821-1850. See collection folder for additional
biographical information. See Board Report for September 21, 1993.
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| Subject |
Wilson, Bird, 1777-1859 -- 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.9419] |
| Accession number |
P.9419 |
