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[Double portrait of two young siblings, Anna and George Henry Lea.] [graphic] / Ambrotype by Rehn. Chestnut St. Patented July 4 & 11 1854.
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Creator
Rehn, Isaac photographer.
Title
[Double portrait of two young siblings, Anna and George Henry Lea.] [graphic] / Ambrotype by Rehn. Chestnut St. Patented July 4 & 11 1854.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date
February or March 1858
Physical Description
1 photograph : ambrotype ; 1/6 plate.
Description
Double images. On the left, George Henry Lea, age 4 years and 9 months, hair parted low on the left side. On the right, Anna Lea (later Bakewell), age 9 years and 7 months, hair parted in the middle with big ribbons on each side. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks of both children.
Notes
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. Chestnut St. Patented July 4 & 11 1854. Inscribed in mat: Feb. 1858.
Case: Leather. No design.
Small slip of paper inside case identifying the date and ages of the children. See Lea Family Research File.
Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Subject
Lea, Anna, 1848-1925.
Lea, George Henry, 1853-1915.
Genre
Ambrotypes -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [8326.F.9a&b]
Accession number
8326.F.9a&b
In Collections
Cased Photograph Collection
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