| Creator |
Marvin, P. B., photographer. |
| Title |
[Portrait of a balding man with sideburns.] [graphic] / Marvin - Artist, 116 Chesnut St. Phila. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1855 |
| Date |
ca. 1855 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate. |
| Description |
Hand colored pink on cheeks. |
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Faded red-orange silk. No design. |
|
Mat: Oval. |
|
Case: Leather. A lovely, delicate spray of mixed flowers is in a fancy multi-curved border. Same design on verso. |
|
Etched on the bottom of the plate is the signature of the daguerreotypist: Marvin - Artist, 116 Chesnut St. Phila. See Board
report of November 9, 1999.
|
|
Inscribed below the plate: M.A.G.F. Curtis 1864; 1864. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9740] |
| Accession number |
P.9740 |
