Details
Creator Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer.
Title Abraham Henry Jones, born Feb. 14, 1823, died Oct. 6, 1884 [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1852
Date [ca. 1856]
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate.
Description Portrait of Jones, a Salem County, N.J. famer, as a young man. He is wearing a wide black tie and a white collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks.
Notes Date inferred from photographer's years of operation at address in imprint stamped on mat.
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design.
Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: W.L. Germon 168 Chest St Phila.
Case: Leather. Small vase of flowers in the center surrounded by ornate decorations. The design of the case is called Flower Vase Motif and is plate 146 in American Miniature Cast Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersy: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969) Very rare, ca. 1852. The die-engraver's name is below the design in reverse, and reads A[nthony] C. Paquet. Geometric design on verso.
Accompanied by paper label identifying sitter. See Jones Research File (Collection) and Board Report, September 16, 1997.
LCP purchase.
Subject Jones, Abraham Henry, 1823-1884 -- Portraits.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - Germon [P.9530]
Accession number P.9530