| Creator |
Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888 photographer. |
| Title |
[George B. Wood, 1797-1879] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Bust length portrait of Wood wearing a high white collar and a large black scarf ending in a big bow around his neck. |
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Purple velvet. No design. |
|
Mat: Octagonal. |
|
Case: Leather. A small circle is within a larger circle, both surrounded by a wavy design. A piece of blue leather not original
to the case and without a design on verso.
|
|
See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860,
(Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research
folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
|
| Subject |
Wood, George B. (George Bacon), 1797-1879, |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes. |
|
Portrait photographs. |
|
Photograph cases. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8926.3] |
| Accession number |
P.8926.3 |
