| 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 |
