Details
Creator Van Loan, Samuel, photographer.
Title Dr. Charles Kingsbury, Dr. French Alseael, S.H. Porter, and Royal L. Burgh. [graphic] / Van Loan 120 Arch St. Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia
Date ca. 1856
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate.
Description Group portrait of four men including Samuel H. Porter, a Philadelphia doctor. Two of the men stand in the middle with the others seated on chairs on either side.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan 120 Arch St. Phila. Geometric border.
Mat: Nonpareil.
Case: Leather. Geometric design with an ornate nonpareil-like design in the center surrounded by vertical lines and a scrolled border. A different geometric design on verso.
Manuscript note behind the image identifies the sitters as Dr. Charles Kingsbury, Dr. French Alseael, S.H. Porter, and Royal L. Burgh.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9560.2]
Accession number P.9560.2