| Creator |
Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860 photographer. |
| Title |
[Portrait of an unidentified seated bearded man, hands resting on his thighs.] [graphic] / Evan's 380 Market St. Girard Row.
Philada. Original Sun Beam.
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1851 |
| Date |
ca. 1851 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Deep purple velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched on top of sun. Embossed within two concentric circles forming the core
of the sun: Evan's 380 Market St. Girard Row. Philada. Original Sun Beam.
|
|
Mat: Double elliptical. |
|
Case: Leather. Spray of roses in an octagonal border. The design of the case is called A Spray of Roses, variant and is plate
127 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced
in quantity, ca. 1857. No design on verso.
|
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9957.2] |
| Accession number |
P.9957.2 |
