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]
Bust length portrait of a bare shouldered Lea. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design in center, scrolls all around., Mat: Oval. Stamped: Ambrotype by V. L. Richardson., Case: Leather. Geometric design. Modified octagon surrounding a four sided figure. Scrolls all around. Same design on verso., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator
Richardson, V. L., photographer
Date
ca. 1858
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.10]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. Embossed in center Reimer 617 N. 2nd St. Philada. Fancy scroll work all around., Mat: 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.2003.23]
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]
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: 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]
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]
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]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. Rose in an oval in the center with scrolls all around., Mat: Onamented ornate elliptical., Case: Leather. In center, an urn overflowing with flowers and leaves within a modified nonpareil border. The design of the case is called The Romanesque Urn and is plate 141 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in large quantity and a number of variants, ca. 1857., Gift of Mr. E. Perot Walker, May 23, 1980.
Date
ca. 1857
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.3]
Conarroe is sitting sideways facing right. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back, with curls hanging down on the sides. She is wearing lace gloves and her left arm is resting on a table with a patterned tablecloth. A book and a beaded purse (?) rest on the table beside her., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk., Mat: Ornamented octagonal., Case: Leather. Spray of roses in a square border. The design of the case is called The Delicate Roses, variant and is plate 124 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Generally produced in large quantity, circa 1845. Same design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
ca. 1857
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.5]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Uncased. Plate only., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date
ca. 1857
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.14]
She is wearing an off the shoulder dress with a very full skirt. A book rests on the table next to her. Hand colored pale pink on her cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Two birds are over a basket of flowers, under a spray of water from a fountain. Scroll work all around. The design of the case is called Birds and the Fountain and is plate 93 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1857.
Date
ca. 1857
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9491.7]
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]
Wife of Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Julius Dreer. Image depicts Dreer, hair parted severely in the middle, looking slightly to her right. She is wearing a long sleeved black taffeta dress. Her left arm is resting on a table. Hand colored vase of flowers sits on the table. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Gold colored velvet. Spray of flowers in center, geometric border. Embossed: W. & F. Langenheim Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves within an octagonal border. No design on verso. Label with manuscript note pasted on recto: Grandmother Abigail D. Dreer, See Research file for additional information about Abigail Dreer.
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9416]
Portrait of Madame Buchey wearing a dark dress with a long, wide white collar. Her hair is parted tightly in the middle, with two curls coming forward over her ears. She is holding a fan in her left hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather, with a horizontal floral bouquet in an oval., Madame Buchey was Headmistress of the Seminary at No. 240 Spruce St. (now 626) from September 1833 to June 1853. Buchey, born in St. Domingue (i.e., Haiti), emigrated to Cuba circa 1803 following the uprisings of the enslaved people of the island. She settled with her mother in Philadelphia in 1809. See Research File - Buchey., Gift of Francis James Dallett, great-great grandson of Madam Buchey, 2003., LCP AR (Annual Report) 2003 p. 61-63., Filed under: Unid. photographer - Sitter - Buchey.
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2003.11.2]
She wears a white lace cap tied under her chin, a white lace trimmed collar, and a paisley shawl., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. Embossed: W. & F. Langenheim Philadelphia Exchange, Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Small circle surrounded by flowers and leaves within a larger circle. Scrolls at each corner. No design on verso., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pg. 38.
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9585.1]
He is sitting with his hands clasped in his lap. She is wearing a white lace cap, and has her left hand crossed over her right arm., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Burgundy velvet. In center is an urn with leaves and flowers, below which are two birds and a scroll design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Within an octagonal border is a spray of two lilies. The design of the case is called Two Lilies and is plate 112 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in very large quantity, ca. 1850. Case attributed to Myron Shew.
Date
ca. 1850
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9807]
Portrait of white haired, scowling, Bouvier. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep red velvet with flower design in center and geometric border all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon, Phila., Case: Leather. Double clasp. Blank in the center, with a geometric design at each corner. Same arrangement on verso., John Bouvier was a noted jurist who practiced law in Philadelphia. He is best known for his Law Dictionary and The four voume Institutes of American Law. See P.9357.1 for another daguerreotype of John Bouvier
Creator
McClees & Germon, photographer
Date
ca. 1850
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9357.2]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red silk. No design. Manuscript note pasted on pad reads: Jonah Thompson, brother of my grandfather, James B. Thompson. - J. T. Morris., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Within an oval border is an urn with a bouquet of mixed flowers. No design on verso. Case opens horizontally., 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. 216. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Date
ca. 1847
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.1]
She is wearing a white lace cap and bodice, as has a half smile. Her hands are folded across her lap. His white hair is very neatly combed. His right hand is behind his back., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded blue velvet. No design., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Geometrical design. Small diamond in center surrounded by many swirls. Photographer's imprint "M. A. Simons, Phila." on verso., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1980, pg. 51.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date
ca. 1847
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8439]
Bust length portrait of middle-aged man facing left. He wears a high collared shirt, wide necktie, vest, and jacket. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. Design obscured., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. No visible design. Casemaker/photographer's imprint "M.P. Simons, Phila." on verso., Simons was listed as a case manufacturer in McElroy's Philadelphia directories from 1843 until 1847. By 1845 he was taking his own daguerreotypes and became one of Philadelphia's leading daguerreotypists.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9593]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. Photographer's imprint in central oval: M.A. Root 140 Chestnut St. Philada., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. A small circle is within a larger circle. Scrolls at each corner and around the larger circle. No design on verso.
Creator
Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date
ca. 1846
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8468.26]
She is wearing a striped dress and is sitting primly, hands folded across her lap. He is turned slightly to his left and is wearing eye glasses and a black waistcoat., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with swirls., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. No visible design. Photographer's imprint "M. A. Simons, Phila." on verso., Photographer's imprint repeated on verso of plate: "Daguerreotyped June 1, 1846 by M.P. Simons, No. 120 Chestnut Street, Phila."
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date
June 1, 1846
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8656]
Portrait of Wood with his left arm is resting on a table., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No design. Manuscript note pasted to spine: Richd. D. Wood 1844-5., 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.
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.4]
Portrait of the two girls arms intertwined wearing identical checked dresses and each holding a book., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Very faded red velvet with a rose and several leaves., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers in a nonpareil like border. Same design on verso., Accompanied by manuscript note: Martha and Mandana sisters [of] Milo Ball.
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.17]
View focuses on the entrance way showing four columns. Includes man standing at the base of a column., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with an oval design in the center, surrounded by leafy scroll work., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Geometric design with broken scrolls in the center surrounded by swirls. A leafy design is at each corner., See Board Report dated September 17, 1991 which describes the building in more detail. The architect was Thomas U. Walter
Date
ca. 1848
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9336]
McMichael is sitting on a high backed chair with patterned upholstery. The fingers of both hands are touching each other. He appears to be in his early 40's and is looking slightly to his left., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Manscript note on verso: Hon. Morton McMichael - Daguerreotype portrait taken about 1848., Morton was a Philadelphia editor and newspaper publisher. For additional biographical information about McMichael see LCP 1996 Annual Report, pp. 43-44, and research file.
Date
ca. 1848
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9506]
He is wearing a satin vest under his jacket, and she is wearing a high necked, long sleeved patterned dress., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with floral spray in the center., Mat: Elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon Phila Cor Chesnut & 8th., Case: Leather. Large floral spray with one rose in the center surrounded by mixed flowers. No design on verso.
Creator
McClees & Germon, photographer
Date
ca. 1849
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.9]
Seated woman, with long curls, has her hands crossed over a book on her lap; the standing woman, with her hair, parted in the middle, severely pulled back, has a cross around her neck., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Octagonal. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Spray of roses in a square border. The design of the case is called The Delicate Roses, variant and is plate 124 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Generally produced in large quantity, ca. 1845., See Board Report November 9, 1999.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9746]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed W & F. Langenheim Philadelphia Exchange., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Within an ocatgonal border is a bouquet of mixed flowers. No design on verso., Manuscript note pasted to pad reads "John J. Thompson, my mother's brother and my dear uncle. - John T. Morris." 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. 214. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.3]
Portrait of an elderly Todd in Quaker dress. She wears eye glasses and a high white bonnet., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Very dark faded purple velvet., Mat: Paper. Ornamented octagonal., Case: Leather. Within a double oval is one large open flower surrounded by scrolls. No design on verso. Manuscript note inside case reads: Elsie Todd ask Cousin Lydia., 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. 212. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.8]
Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with diamond shaped geometric design., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Leather. Mixed flowers within a swirl border (12 sided.) Same design on verso.
Date
ca. 1850
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8234.F]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet with geometric design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Mixed flowers within an ornate nonpareil like border. Spray of roses in an octagonal border. The design of the case is called Bouquet of Flowers and is plate 134 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1851. Design copied for one of the first transitional covers produced in plastic., Attributed to Simons. Same sitter as P.8517.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date
ca. 1850
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8518]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet embossed Root's Gallery 140 Chestnut St. Philada., Mat: Ornamented octagonal., Case: Leather. A smalll circle is within a larger circle. Both are enclosed within an ornamented diamond. Octagonal border. No design on verso.
Creator
Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date
ca. 1846
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8293.F]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, embossed in center Root's Gallery, 140 Chestnut St. Philada., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. A smalll circle is within a larger circle. Scrolls at each corner and around the larger circle. No design on verso.
Creator
Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date
ca. 1846
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8468.27]
Sits on a big chair, with her left leg tucked under her. She has long curls. Hand colored pink on her cheeks, and hand colored yellow on her dress. Slightly burred from movement., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Small central circle surrounded by flowers and leaves within a larger circle. Circles surrounded by diamond shaped scroll pattern with additional scrolls at each corner. All within rectangular border.Photographer's blindstamp appears running vertically along the edge of the border nearest the clasps. No design on verso., Title from accompanying manuscript note., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pg. 38.
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date
ca. 1846
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8648.28]
Depicts Wood as a young man. He is looking slightly to his right. His hair is parted neatly on the side, and he has a short beard under his chin. Pale hand painted pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. A tall spray of mixed flowers and leaves, with a fancy scolled border. Same design on verso., Probably taken at the same time as P.8926.24., 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.
Creator
Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date
ca. 1855
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.25]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red-orange silk. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. A lovely, delicate spray of mixed flowers is in a fancy multi-curved border. Same design on verso., Etched on the bottom of the plate is the signature of the daguerreotypist: Marvin - Artist, 116 Chesnut St. Phila. See Board report of November 9, 1999., Inscribed below the plate: M.A.G.F. Curtis 1864; 1864.
Creator
Marvin, P. B., photographer
Date
ca. 1855
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9740]
