02137nkm a22003615a 4500 000194275 20230712152730.0 khobh 041115e18480904paunnn kneng u (CPomAG)lcd00000039 ppl PPL gihc Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.) photographer. 60640 Algernon Roberts, 1828-1868. Age about 21. Pencoyd [graphic]. Philadelphia, September 4, 1848. 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate. Seated, waist-length portrait of Roberts, well coiffed, wearing a big black bowtie. His left arm is resting on a table. Pencoyd was the Roberts Family estate near Philadelphia. Forms part of the Roberts/Thompson Collection. Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. Pad: Dark purple velvet. Mat: Oval. Case: Leather. It is shaped like a book and is similar to Fig. 41 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) The case manufacturer is identified as H.A. Eichmeyer of Philadelphia. Attributed to Simons based on entry in Robert's diary dated September 4, 1848 (HSP, Roberts Family Papers #2087) that reads: Had my daguerreotype taken with Sidney for Uncle George at Simmons [sic] ....He took us in a sitting posture. Reproduced in "The Ties That Bind: Daguerreotypes and the Roberts and Thompson Families" by Sarah Weatherwax in The Daguerreian Annual 1999 (Pittsburgh, Pa.: The Daguerreian Society, 1999) p. 210. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998. Roberts, Algernon Sydney, 1828-1868, 57943 Daguerreotypes 1840-1850. gmgpc Portrait photographs 1840-1850. gmgpc Photograph cases 1840-1850. gmgpc Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1848. P.9562.5 Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Cased photos [P.9562.5] LCPD Cased photos [P.9562.5] (CPomAG)80064973 187075 187075 000194275 CONV 00 20051208 1946 000194275 BATCH-UPD 00 20051211 1224 000194275 20060120 1816 000194275 20071018 1957 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1848. Imprint