Bust-length, hand-painted full face minature pendant of lovely Marjorie Vaughan Lea wearing a low cut white lacy dress. Her beautifully coiffed hair is combed high on her head., Pad: Faded and torn ivory silk., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval., Engraved on verso: Margaret Vaughan Lea, May 27, 1903, with lock of her hair., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date
1903
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.14]
Half-length, hand-tinted portrait of seated Anna Jaudon Lea. Her right arm is resting on the arm of a fur draped chair, and her right hand is resting on her cheek. He white hair is in long curls, and she is wearing a white lace shawl., Pad: Black and blue velvet., Mat: Square., Case: Folding leather standing photograph case. Double-door, opens in the middle., Signed E. D. Jamison/1895 in lower right corner., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.7]
Hand-tinted portrait of Isaac Lea with a full head of white hair, a wide white mustache and a full white beard. He has a steady, straight gaze., Pad: Brown silk., Mat: Ornamented square., Case: The leather case measures 4 1/2 x 5 1/4. No design., The folding leather case was designed to permit the portrait to stand up or be hung. See Research File for biographical information about Isaac Lea., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date
ca. 1880
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.12]
Bust-length painted portrait of a young woman. Her curly hair is pulled back from her face. Underneath her ruffled white collar is a pink rose., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather., Gold-toned pendant., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date
ca. 1890
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.16]
Bust-length, hand-painted portrait of an unidentified middle-aged man facing slightly right. He has a high forehead, his hair is neatly combed, and he has white sideburns., Pad: Faded ivory silk on sides of open case; Dull gold velvet in center surrounding the portrait., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval leather double door case designed to stand up. Inscribed on the inside "The Bailey, Banks And Biddle Co., Philadelphia., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date
ca. 1875
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.17]
Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Ivory silk. Stamped on pad: Suddards & Fennemore 820 Arch St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval dark purple velvet., See also 8326.F.21. See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator
Suddards & Fennemore, photographer
Date
1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.22]
Hand colored portrait of Frances Carey Lea, wife of Isaac Lea. She wears grey dress with lace and velvet trim and a close fitting bonnet decorated with lace and blue ribbons. She wears a brooch at her neck., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Case: Uncased., Manuscript note on verso: Mrs. Isaac Lea., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, May 1996.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9514.1]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval thermoplastic. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves, with one prominent rose. Same design on verso., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.20]
Portrait of Lea as a young man, hair parted neatly on one side, looking quite serious., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Royal blue velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Oval thermoplastic. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves, with one prominent rose. Same design on verso. This design is called Bunch of Flowers and is #2-109 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. : Huntington Valley Press, 1995.)., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.19]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet with a geometric design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Oval thermoplastic. Geometric design. This design is #3-438 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. 92647: Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as scarce. Same design on verso., Accompanied by typed note: Gilbert Livingston Bishop, 1845-1926., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Conarroe Family Collection [8259.F.3]
Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Ivory silk. Manuscript note: January 1870. Aged 42., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval dark purple velvet., See also 8326.F.22. See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator
Suddards & Fennemore, photographer
Date
January 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.21]
Bust-length hand tinted portrait of Elizabeth Lea facing very slightly left. Her white hair is styled with wide curls on either side of her face. Her lace cap is untied and the ends are resting on her shoulders., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Full plate size leather with a diamond geometric design in the center. Same design on the back., Biographical notes about and tintype of Lea (P.2006.32.8) in mourning envelope included in case. The Wenderoth, Taylor and Brown Fine Art Studio was at 912-914 Chestnut St. 1864-1866., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator
Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, photographer
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.9]
Bust-length, hand-tinted portrait of a rather stern Isaac Lea facing very slightly left. He is wearing eye glasses. His white hair is neatly combed, and his sideburns come down to form a short beard under his chin., Pad:Deep burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Full plate size leather. No design., See Research File for biographical information about Isaac Lea. The Wenderoth, Taylor and Brown Fine Art Studio was at 912-914 Chestnut St., Philadelphia in 1864-1866., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator
Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, photographer
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.11]
Hand-painted portrait of young, lovely Helen Vaughan Cope facing very slightly left. Her hair is pulled high on her head, then flowing down her neck. She is wearing a V-necked gown trimmed in blue with a lace collar. She is wearing a pearl necklace with a pendant, and a diamond earing., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval; Light brown leather. No design., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.3]
She is seated with her husband, in top hat and frock coat, is standing next to her on the edge of the falls., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Manuscript note on verso: Mr. & Mrs. G.L.B. Horse Shoe Falls. Canadian Side, June 7th 1869. Typed note taped on verso: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Livingston BIshop taken June 71th 1869. G.L.B. - 1845-1926. Mrs. G.B.L. 1840-1921., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Date
June 7, 1869
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Conarroe Family Collection [8259.F.9]
Man is on the left, seated in an ornamented chair, arms resting on the chair arms. He is wearing a black suit with a satin vest. Woman is on the right, sitting on the edge of the chair, holding a cane in her left hand. She is wearing a white cap tied under her chin, and a large white bib collar., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. No design., Photographer's business card located behind the portrait of the woman. Advertises "P.F. Cooper's Photographing Rooms, all on ground floor, at 1338 Chestnut Street, opposite U.S. Mint, Philadelphia" and describes the photographer's areas of specialization., Gift of Gordon Marshall, October 2, 1976.
Creator
Cooper, Peregrine F., photographer
Date
ca. 1865
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [66530.D]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded gold colored velvet with border of leaves and scrolls., Mat: Oval with military ornamentation., Case: Leather. Within a double elliptical border is a design with curled loops with a diamond in the center. Same design on verso.
Date
ca. 1865
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9491.4]
Small bust-length portrait of Anna Maria Jaudon., Pad: Bright purple velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Oval thermoplastic with elaborate floral design in center and a vine border. Same design on back., Anna Maria Jaudon was the oldest of nine children born to Daniel Jaudon and Anna McNeal Jaudon. The third in the family was William Latta Jaudon who married Susan Gibson Lea and was the father of Mrs. Henry Charles Lea. Inscription on the reverse of this photograph is in the handwriting of Mrs. Henry Charles Lea (Anna Caroline Jaudon.), Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date
ca. 1865
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.5]
Lovely portrait of Garesche turned slightly to her left with a white lace bonnet tied under her chin. She is cradling her daughter in her arms. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. Floral design in center, fanciful scrolls all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. Floral spray within a curved octagon. Ornate scrolls work all around. Same design on verso., Gift of Mrs. Custus B. Swope, December 31, 1979., Reproduced in Samuel Broadbent, Daguerreian Artist in The Daguerreian Annual, 2001, page 145.
Creator
Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date
1863
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8510 ]
Full length portrait of a young boy in a dress standing in front of a painted backdrop. His hand rests next to a closed book on a table., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Red velvet. Flower basket in center surrounded by floral scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Oval geometric design surrounded by floral scrolls. Identical design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator
Fenton, Joseph, photographer
Date
1863
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.12 ]
Group portrait of Captain William Wallace Rogers, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, and seven individuals, including white military officers, a white boy, and an African American man posed in front of tents at an unidentified military encampment. In the center, Rogers, wearing a mustache and attired in a Union uniform and hat, stands with his right hand on his hip and his left hand on the back of a chair. Two Union officers sit in the left, one holding a sword. In the right, a bearded man sits, attired in shirtsleeves and with a pipe in his mouth and another man sits attired in uniform. To the right of Rogers, a man, attired in uniform, stands holding a flag on a pole. In the right, a boy, possibly a messenger or scout, attired in cap, shirtsleeves, and pants, stands with his left leg crossed over his right. In front of the men, an African American man, probably a camp laborer/servant and possibly an enslaved freedom seeker, lies on the ground on his side, propped up on his left elbow, and looks at the viewer. He wears shirtsleeves and pants. The tops of trees are visible in the background. William Wallace Rogers (1832-1890) served in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War and served in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, including the Battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded in July 1863. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1865 and retired from service in 1889., Title supplied by cataloger from information provided by donor, descendent of William Wallace Rogers., Date inferred from content and information provided by donor., Pad: Red velvet with a decorative scroll in the center surrounded by an ornamental border with flowers and leaves., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design of a scroll in the center surrounded by vases of flowers and leaves. Same design on verso., Gift of John J. Nesbitt III, 2016.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – sitter – Rogers [P.2016.78.1]
Pad: Red velvet. Quatrefoil design in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical., Case: Leather. Design is called The Cross Patee, Variation and is plate 53 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity ca. 1862. Same design on verso., Paper label behind plate: S. J. E. H. I.
Date
ca. 1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.10]
Pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Very faded and brittle orange velvet with geometric design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within several concentric ovals. Same design on verso. Accompanied by manuscript note: Charles Sailer, Mother's brother.
Date
ca.1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9470.27]
Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Lea wearing a heavy robe. Her hands are resting on her lap. Wide curls frame her face. She is wearing two caps, one white, the other black., This small tintype is in a mourning envelope and is inserted in the case with the ivorytype of Elizabeth Lea (P.2006.32.9). Biographical notes are inserted in the case (P.2006.32.9)., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date
ca. 1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.8]
Exterior view showing storefront at 1601 Market Street. Also depicts adjoining businesses including John S. Hansell, produce dealer at 1605 Market. Image includes two delivery wagons, barrels lining the sidewalk, and street railway tracks. Graham and Hansell are first listed in city directories simultaneously at this location in 1862., Nonpareil brass mat., Leather case with geometric design. Front cover separated. Losses in leather., Deep blue velvet pad, stamped., Image damaged at upper right along roofline., Similar view reproduced in Robert Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976) page 98.
Date
ca. 1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unidentified [P.9669.17]
Sitter's cheeks are hand-painted pink., Pad: Green velvet embossed Willard No.1628 Market St., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather with no design., P.8638 may be the same sitter.
Creator
Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date
ca. 1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.5]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Willard No.1628 Market St. Geometric scrolled border., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. A short urn with stylized leaves within a fancy scrolled border. Same design on verso., P.2005.1.5 may be the same sitter.
Creator
Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date
ca. 1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8638]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Dinmore, Phil., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Small geometric design in center surrounded by scrolls. Fancy scrolls at each corner.
Creator
Dinmore, Walter, photographer
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9957.1]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint: Germon. 702 Chest. St. Phila., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Floral spray within an oval. Lines radiating out to a double elliptical border.
Creator
Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9563]
Waist-length portrait of a seated young woman facing forward. She wears a bonnet on her head and her dress is adorned with a large lace collar and cuffs. Her right arm rests on a table., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet embossed "Willard Market St. Ab 16th Philada." Geometric border., Mat: Fancy nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design with a small oval surrounded by fanciful leaves within four scrolls. Same design on verso.
Creator
Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9636.2]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Germon. 702 Chest. St. Phila., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Small urn on a pedestal in the center surrounded by ornate scrolls and swirls.
Creator
Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8504.1]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded orange velvet embossed Willard No.1628 Market St. Geometric scrolled border., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical., Case: Leather. A geometric design with a small sunburst within four scrolls. Same design on verso.
Creator
Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.16]
She is wearing a black dress with white cuffs and a white lace collar. A cameo pin is at the collar. Her hair is parted severely in the middle and pulled back., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. A double handled urn is within an oval in the center. Scroll work all around. The design of the case is called The Loving Cup and is plate 175 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in some quantity, ca. 1861.
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9491.10]
Her right foot is on the chair, her left foot is on the floor. She is holding onto the arm of the chair with her right hand. Hand colored pink on dress., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval, Case: Leather. Lacking cover. A rose and leaves are within a 12 sided modified oval. Scroll work all around.
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9491.6]
White collar and cuffs on her dress. Her right hand is resting on a table, and a book is in her left hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Willard Market St. 1630 Philada. Geometric scrolled border., Mat: Fancy nonpareil., Case: Leather. A short urn with stylized leaves within a fancy scrolled border. Same design on verso.
Creator
Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9844.52]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet with geometric border. Embossed: J. Kolbeck 43 North 8th St. Philada., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Spray of three tulips within a nonpareil-like border. Same design on verso.
Creator
Kolbeck, Joseph, photographer
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9967.3]
She is wearing an off the shoulder dress with a very full skirt. She has a half-smile on her lips. Two books rest on the table beside her. Hand colored pale pink on her cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Geometric design with a segmented oval in the center and scrolls all around.
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9491.8]
Half-length, hand-tinted portrait of a young girl wearing an off the shoulder black dress cinched at the waist. Her short hair is parted in the middle with a soft curl on either side of her forehead., Pad:, Mat: Non pareil., Case: Leather with a geometric design. Fancy scrolled border, modified diamond shape in center with circles and scrolls., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.15]
Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an African American girl caregiver, possibly an enslaved girl, seated on a wooden chair with spindles. Sitter has short hair and is attired in a long-sleeved dress made of patterned fabric with small checks and an apron with white polka dots. She holds a white girl on her lap (probably her charge), with her right hand on the girl’s chest and her left hand on the left side of the girl’s head. Their heads press together side-by-side. The blond-haired, white girl, attired in a necklace, a short-sleeved, dark-colored, checked dress with a white petticoat, stockings, and black shoes, faces the viewer and smiles. Her cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitters., Leather miniature case embossed with oval motif, contains nonpareil mat, and is missing front cover., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, 1977., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unidentified [8326.F.17]
Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified older white woman, seated in a wheelchair positioned at a slight angle. Sitter has gray hair parted in the center and is attired in a dark-colored lace cap with lappets and a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress with a white collar. Her cheeks are tinted pink. She holds a book, with the spine towards the viewer, in her right hand on her lap. Her left arm is propped on the armrest. A small pouch-like bag hangs from the corner of the back of the wheelchair visible in the left of the image. The chair back is covered with a patterned cloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet with a leaf in the center and decorative scroll border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Decorative geometric and leaf pattern in the center with leaves in the corners. Same design on verso.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo –unid sitter - ambro [P.2021.31]
Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, young, white girl seated on a chair. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with a curl on her forehead. She is attired in an off-the shoulder, boat neckline, short-sleeved dress with decorative swirls around the collar and cuffs, a necklace, white stockings, and black Mary Jane shoes. She sits on a child-sized, wooden chair with her left arm on the armrest and curled right hand, slightly clenched, resting on her lap. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Pad: Red velvet with a diamond-shaped, decorative scroll in the center., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. The design of the case is called the Oval, Diamond and Circle and is plate 198 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Uncommon., Gift of Robert DeMento, 2012.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2012.50]
Half-length, forward facing portrait of a white man. Sitter has dark hair, parted to the right, and pink tinting on his lips and cheeks. He is attired in a white shirt, a bowtie, a waistcoat, and a jacket. His slightly curled right hand rests on his leg. His left arm and hand rest on a side table in the right., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date inferred from dates of operation of photographer at address in photographer’s imprint., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Gift of David Doret., Pad: Brown velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Willard, No. 1628 Market St.” in the center., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Mother of pearl inlay in a geometric design in the center. Some pieces of inlay lacking. No design on verso., Oliver H. Willard operated from No. 1628 Market Street, Philadelphia between 1858 and 1860.
Creator
Willard, Oliver H., -1875, photographer
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2021.34.2]
Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress with buttons down the bodice and a white collar, and black lace, fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink. She is seated and holds a book labeled, Message and Documents 1857-8 Part 1 (i.e., Congressional documents), on her lap with her right hand. She crosses her left arm over her right and rests her left hand on her right wrist., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Cased image accompanied by a lock of hair and four feathers from an Amazon parrot., Gift of Ivan Jurin, 2022., Pad: Red velvet with flowers within a decorative scroll border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Decorative geometric and scroll pattern in the center with leaves in the corners. Same design on verso.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2022.29.1-1a]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval, Case: Leather. In a scalloped oval, within a larger oval, are several bunches of grapes. Scrolled border. Same design on back., Accompanied by manuscript note: Ambrotype of the farm at Marcus Hook known as the 'Magee Farm' taken by James F. Magee [on] Saturday, August 13th 1859., See Magee research file for biographical information about James F. Magee. Also see Board report dated April 29, 2002 regarding the aquisition of these ambrotypes.
Creator
Magee, James Francis, 1834-1903, photographer
Date
August 13, 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2002.22a&b]
Hand colored dark pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Rust colored velvet embossed D. F. Bower's 317 Nth Second St. Philadelphia. Scroll border., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. In center a striated eight pointed star. Fancy scroll work all around. Same design on verso.
Creator
Bowers, D. F., photographer
Date
ca. 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.1]
Portrait of a young woman seated in a high backed chair in front of a painted landscape background. One arm rests on a table and she holds a book in her lap., The sitter's earrings, brooch, and rings are hand colored gold., Verso and recto of case are detached and may not belong together., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Rust colored velvet embossed D. F. Bower's 317 Nth Second St. Philadelphia. Scroll border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. In center a striated eight pointed star. Fancy scroll work all around. Tangent circle design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator
Bowers, D. F., photographer
Date
ca. 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.14]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet. Embossed in center Reimer 617 N. 2nd St. Philada. Fancy scroll work all around., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design in center surrounded by fancy scrolls and swirls. Same design on verso.
Creator
Reimer, Benjamin, 1826-1899, photographer
Date
ca. 1858
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.8]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed with scrollwork., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: W. Dinmore Phila., Case: Leather. Geometric design in center surrounded by fancy scrolls and swirls. Same design on verso.
Creator
Dinmore, Walter, photographer
Date
ca. 1858
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.9]
