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[Portrait of a balding, unidentified man with his right arm is resting on a table. ] [graphic] / Ambrotype by Rehn. Patent July 4th & 11th 1854.
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Creator
Rehn, Isaac photographer.
Title
[Portrait of a balding, unidentified man with his right arm is resting on a table. ] [graphic] / Ambrotype by Rehn. Patent July 4th & 11th 1854.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date
ca. 1858
Physical Description
1 photograph : ambrotype ; 1/4 plate.
Description
Hand colored pale pink on cheeks.
Notes
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Dark red velvet.
Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. Patent July 4th & 11th 1854.
Case: Leather. Label pasted behind image on the inside of the case: Directions. It will be perceived that the black varnish constituting the back ground of these Ambrotypes is not in contact with the Picture, but upon a second glass cemented to that on which the picture is made. If, therefore, the varnish should crack, or become rubbed from the glass, the picture will not by this be the least impaired, as the whole of the varnish may may be removed without injury, and a new back ground supplied by the addition of a new coating of black varnish. This is not the case with pictures made on a single glass, and which are not cemented, as the least injury to these destroys the picture for ever. Ambrotypes are not reversed, without glare, fine in tone, and brilliant in effect, besides being proof against acids, water, air or climate. Patented in the United States, Great Britain and France, and made in Philadelphia By I. Rehn, only American Gallery of Photography, No. 126 Arch St.
See Board report, September 18, 2001 which describes the advertising label for the Rehn and Cutting ambrotype process pasted on the inside back of the case.
PEAES purchase.
Genre
Ambrotypes -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9950]
Accession number
P.9950
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Cased Photograph Collection
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