| Creator |
Swift, Henry B., photographer. |
| Title |
[Reverend Henry Nixon.] [graphic] / Taken by Henry B. Swift, brother in law, 312 Markt St. formerly partner of S. F. B. Morse. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1853 |
| Date |
ca. 1853 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Portrait of Nixon, wearing a high white collar. Nixon was the photographer's brother-law-in, married to Swift's sister Elizabeth. |
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Raised red velvet with geometric design. Gilt border. |
|
Mat: Ornamented modified nonpareil. |
|
Case: Black laquer, shaped like a book, with mother of pearl inlay in the shape of a spray of roses. Spine is leather, with
repeated floral design stamped in gold. Gilt edges. No design on verso. Single ornamented brass clasp.
|
|
Accompanying manuscript note reads: "Great uncle Henry Nixon Presby. Clergyman. Taken by Henry B. Swift, brother in law, 312
Markt St. formerly partner of S. F. B. Morse." The note identifies Nixon as a Presbyterian clergyman. However, the couple's
1852 marriage announcement identifies him as a Methodist Episcopal minister.
|
|
See Henry B. Swift research file. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.2004.9.2] |
| Accession number |
P.2004.9.2 |
