Creator |
Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer. |
Title |
[Richard Wood, 1833-1910] [graphic] / S. Broadbent. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1855 |
Date |
ca. 1855 |
Physical Description |
1 photograph : ambrotype ; 1/4 plate. |
Description |
Depicts Wood as a young man, hair parted neatly on the side with a short beard. Pale hand painted pink on cheeks. |
Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
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Pad: Faded red velvet. Geometric design with scrolls and leaves. |
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Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent. |
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Case: Thermoplastic. Geometric design with scrolls and leaves. This design is #3-32 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases
and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. 92647. Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as scarce.
Same design on verso.
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Probably taken at the same time as P.8926.25. |
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See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860,
(Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research
folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
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Subject |
Wood, Richard, 1833-1910 -- Portraits. |
Genre |
Ambrotypes -- 1850-1860. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
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Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8926.24] |
Accession number |
P.8926.24 |