| 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 |
