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George English, grandfather of Annie E. Powell & great-great grandfather of Edgar W. Powell, Jr. [graphic] / T. H. Newcomer, 316 N. Second St. Phila.
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Details
Creator
Newcomer, T. H., photographer.
Title
George English, grandfather of Annie E. Powell & great-great grandfather of Edgar W. Powell, Jr. [graphic] / T. H. Newcomer, 316 N. Second St. Phila.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1853
Date
ca. 1853
Physical Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate.
Description
Seated, waist-length portrait of a middle-aged man resting one arm on a table. His body faces right, but his head is turned to look directly at the camera. He wears a jacket, vest, high-necked shirt, and checked trousers. In Philadelphia city directories in the early 1850s, the sitter, George English, was listed as a bricklayer.
Notes
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Dark red velvet. Eagle in the center. Embossed: T. H. Newcomer, 316 N. Second St. Phila.
Mat: Double elliptical.
Case: Leather. One rose and several other flowers within a modified square border. No design on verso.
Title from accompanying manuscript note.
Subject
Men.
Genre
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9669.16]
Accession number
P.9669.16
In Collections
Cased Photograph Collection
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