Details
Creator Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888 photographer.
Title Gilbert C. Pryor about 1856. [graphic] / Root, 140 Chestnut St., Philada.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1856
Date ca. 1856
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/2 plate, visible oval image 13 x 9 cm. (5 x 3.75 in.), in case 16 x 13 cm. (5 x 6 in.)
Description Waist-length portrait of Philadelphia merchant, Gilbert Pryor, facing slightly to the right. He wears a jacket, high-collared shirt, and wide necktie. At the time of this portrait, Pryor worked on North Front Street. He had lived in Philadelphia for over twenty years pursuing work as varied as tailor, clerk, and accountant. Pryor does not appear in Philadelphia city directories after 1855.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Faded red velvet; Urn of leaves in center. scroll work all around. Embossed: Root, 140 Chestnut St., Philada.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Leather. Spray of flowers with one rose in center within a double elliptical border. Geometric design on verso. Accompanied by manuscript note: Gilbert C. Pryor about 1856.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9643.1]
Accession number P.9643.1