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Title: Walton, Margaret Ann, 1818-1825.
Description: In Memoir of Margaret Ann Walton (New York, 1842), title page vignette., Another portrait, on the first page of text, depicts the girl seated with her mother., Full-length portrait of the young girl, kneeling in prayer with a black girl, with an open book on a stool between them.
Date: [1842?]

Title: Jackson, Rachel, 1767-1828.
Description: Separately issued print., Attributed to Francis Kearny, who engraved the portrait of Andrew Jackson that Joseph How published (as a companion piece?)., Full-length portrait of the First Lady seated in an armchair, holding a fan and a book.
Date: [not before 1828]

Title: Restell, Madame, 1812-1878.
Description: Shoulder-length portrait of Madame Restell, wearing hat., In Wonderful trial of Caroline Lohman, alias Restell (New York, 1847), wrapper vignette., Also known as Caroline Lohman., Caroline Lohman, alias Madame Restell, performed abortions and distributed contraception in New York City. She accumulated substantial wealth through her work, and became well known for her ostentatious lifestyle. In 1847 she was tried for performing an abortion on Maria Bodine.
Date: [1847?]

Title: Plan referred to in the preceding pages.
Description: Portraits of the women as depicted in the diagram from the trial proceedings. Mrs. Baker stands beside Captain Carson near the card table [i.e., 9] and Mrs. Carson stands by the fireplace [i.e., 7] in the house at Dock Street and Second Street., In Smith, Richard. The trials of Richard Smith (Philadelphia, 1816), frontispiece., Mrs. Jane Baker is the mother of Mrs. Ann Baker Carson, who was acquitted on allegations of conspiring with her lover, Mr. Richard Smith, to kill her husband, Captain John Carson.
Date: [1816?]

Title: Mrs. Zachariah Poulson [Susannah Knorr Poulson]
Description: Susannah Knorr was born in Germantown in 1756. She married Zachariah Poulson in 1780., Purchased by the Library Company, 2011.
Creator: Peale, James, 1749-1831
Date: 1808
Location: OBJ 886

Title: William Henry Rawle
Description: Rawle was a Philadelphia lawyer, legal author, and former Library Company board member., Gift of Richard M. Cadwalader, 1894.
Creator: Vonnoh, Robert William, 1858-1933
Date: Ca. 1893
Location: OBJ 237

Title: George Campbell
Description: George Campbell was the librarian of the Library Company, 1806-1829 and on the board of directors from 1836-1855. This portrait was painted for the Musical Fund Society, of which Campbell was president., Gift of Edwin Wolf 2nd, 1960., Exhibited in the Library Company's exhibition, In Living Color: Collecting Color Plate Books (2007).
Creator: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
Date: 1856
Location: OBJ 666

Title: Hester Prynne & Pearl
Description: LCP Minutes vol. 14, Dec. 1, 1938, p. 35: “Mr. Parrish said that the grandsons of Mr. Howard Roberts have recently presented books to the Library and have offered to present to the Library Mr. Roberts’ statues of Hester and Lot’s wife. … Resolved that the Directors on behalf of the Library Company as well as on their own behalf warmly thank Mr. Paul Roberts and Mr. Radclyffe Roberts for their generous donations.” LCP Annual Report, May 1, 1939: “A collection of valuable books, formerly the property of the late Mr. and Mrs. Howard Roberts, was given to the Library by Mr. Paul Roberts. At the same time Mr. H. Radclyffe Roberts presented to the Library the marble statue of Hester Prynne and Pearl, the first important work of Howard Roberts. When exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1872 it attracted widespread attention throughout the country.”, Gift of H. Radclyffe Roberts (the artist's grandson), 1939., Exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1872) and the Philadelphia Art Museum (1966-1981).
Creator: Roberts, Howard, 1843-1900
Date: 1869
Location: OBJ 540

Title: John Graver Johnson
Description: Johnson was an eminent corporate lawyer and was involved in the case dealing with the building of the Ridgway Building. His art collection became the nucleus of the Philadelphia Museum of Art., LCP Annual Report May, 1939, p. 6, “By the kindness of Mr. William De Krafft the Library Company has become the possessor of the portrait of John G. Johnson, painted by Albert Rosenthal.”, Gift of William de Krafft, 1938., Exhibited by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the 112th Annual Exhibition, 1917.
Creator: Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939
Location: OBJ 254

Title: William Mackenzie
Description: Mackenzie was a Philadelphia merchant and book collector whose library of over 7,000 volumes came to the Loganian Library and the Library Company., Painting is signed “J. Neagle, 1829.”, LCP Minutes vol. 5, Nov. 5, 1828, p. 244: "Mess. Norris and Gibson were authorized to contract with any artist whom they may select to paint a portrait of the late William Mackenzie Esquire to correspond with the portrait of the late Dr. Preston by West." Vol. 5, Dec. 4, 1828, p. 246: "Mr. Norris from the Committee appointed for that purpose reported that they had contracted with Mr. Neagle to paint a portrait of the late Mr. Mackenzie Esq. under the authority conferred upon them at the last meeting and that the work had begun." Vol. 5, Aug. 6, 1829, p. 264: “An order was drawn in favour of Joseph Parker Norris for ninety seven dollars for the payment of John Neagle’s bill for painting a portrait of the late William Mackenzie and causing the same to be framed and put up in the room.”, Receipt from John Neagle for the portrait, July 1, 1829. LCP Records, 1829 [7446.F.14]., Commissioned by the Library Company, 1829.
Creator: Neagle, John, 1796-1865
Date: 1829
Location: OBJ 266

Title: Silhouettes of Lullum Batwell and John André
Description: Black silk with cut paper on top., Removed from its frame in 2007., Label on verso: Profiles of Captain Batwell and Major Andre cut by Major Andre for Miss Rebecca Redman Lawrence in the year 1778, and presented by her daughter Miss Eliza Lawrence to her cousin Henry Penington in the year 1841. After the death of Mr. Henry Penington these profiles were returned to me, I now give them to Commander Foxhall A. Parker. Eliza Lawrence, Aug. 22, 1862., Gift of Mrs. John Meredith Read, 1900., LCP Annual Report, 1900: "In concluding this brief review of the year’s gifts, it remains to mention that which Philadelphians will probably considered the most valuable: it is the André Collection, belonging to the late Gen. John Meredith Read, at one time Minister of the United States to Athens, presented by his family to the Library Company. It comprises a large mirror (68 x 29 x 2") which formed part of the decoration of the Wharton House at the time of the Mischianza; profiles cut by Major André for Miss Rebecca Redman, in 1778, of Capt. Lullum Batwell, of the 46th Regiment of Foot, and of himself; a ticket for the Mischianza, May 18th, 1778, with invitation written on the back and signed by Sir Henry Calder; profile of Major Edward Stanley, of the 17th Light Dragoons, afterwards the twelfth Earl of Derby, and the following verses written to a German air by Major André at the request of Miss Redman, January 2d, 1777."
Creator: André, John, 1751-1780
Date: 1778
Location: OBJ 062

Title: [Portrait of two sisters, Caroline and Mary Wood.]
Description: Mary is standing with her arm around seated Caroline. Both girls are wearing the same patterned dress, but the dresses are hand colored different colors. Very pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Within a double oval is an open flower surrounded by scrolls. No design on verso., Richard Davis Wood (1799-1869), the girls' father notes in his diary on May 1, 1846, "Took wife and daughters Mary and Caroline to Langenheim's, and had their daguerreotypes taken, succeeding very well." Inside case is the poem "Watching for the Prodigal" clipped from a newspaper., 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: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: [May 1, 1846]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.22]

Title: Group on top of Robinson Mt. Rob Mickle, Dr. Evans, &c. [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of one woman and seven men, including Robert Mickle and Dr. Evans, resting among the rocks and brush at the top of Robinson Mountain at Mount Desert Island. All of the men wear hats but each looks in a different direction while posing for the camera. The woman wears a long dress and hat. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 1:30, Light: Very faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1324]

Title: Copy of a card photo of J. Gurney Hill
Description: Glass negative showing a card portrait of J. Gurney Hill mounted on a paneled wall. Hill was a deceased Haverford College student., Time: 2, Light: sun on picture, The emulsion has been slightly discolored in the center of the negative., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 24, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.464]

Title: Copy by M[arriott] C. M[orris] of a picture of David Barclay. [Portrait of David Barclay, Died 28th May 1809 Aged 81]
Description: Glass negative showing a portrait of David Barclay propped up on a stone base. Barclay poses in three quarter length profile and wears a curled wig. The portrait has a manuscript note: Grandson of author of An Apology. Barclay was an English Quaker merchant and banker., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.91.7]

Title: 104er (Gertrude Mellor) [near well in woods, Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Gerturde Mellor seated on a wooden stool leaning against a tree trunk at Manasquan, N.J. She wears a polka dotted dress, hat and locket and holds a parasol in her hand., At same place., Time: 11:10, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 18, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1158]

Title: Aunt A.T. [Anna Tatnall] Canby. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a three-quarter length portrait of Marriott C. Morris' aunt Anna Tatnall Canby. She sits in a wicker chair and wears a straw hat with ribbons, a brooch, and a checkered shawl., Photographer remarks: In porch. A little overexp., Time: 3:50, Light: Good, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 21, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.290]

Title: Anna H. Chase and camera, taking view in park
Description: Glass negative showing Anna H. Chase taking a photograph using a camera standing on a tripod, possibly at Crescent Park, Sea Girt. A box of equipment sits at her feet. She wears a wide-brimmed hat and a long dress., Photographer remarks: Underdeveloped, I think. Intens. 1,10,'85, Time: 1:10, Light: Weak, no sun., The negative is very light., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 29, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.309]

Title: Owl Club sitting on 2 logs, [Poconos, Swiftwater, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people, including Lu Watt and Miss Shotwell, seated on large logs surrounded by trees at Shiftwater, Pa. The women wear long patterend dresses while the men wear three-piece suits., Photographer remarks: Much better than last. Very good plate. V[Varnished], Time: 4 P.M., Light: Fairly good, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 25, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.37]

Title: [Portrait of] Matilda Knox
Description: Glass negative showing a portrait of Matilda Knox seated on a wooden bench with her arms crossed. She wears a dress with a floral pattern and has her hair pulled back in a chignon. Trees and grass are blurred in background. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.87.7]

Title: Mr. Fabian, farmer at Tullytown
Description: Film negative showing David P. Fabian, a farmer, wearing suspenders and a hat standing in front of the roots of a fallen tree at Tullytown. Fabian has a beard and looks at the camera., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 14, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.484]

Title: Group at Triberg, [Germany], Jones, Tommy, Jimmy Wilkinson & Quinn
Description: Glass negative of a photograph showing Jones, Tommy, Jimmy Wilkinson, and Quinn posed among rocks and trees at Triberg, Germany. The men sit on the rocks, each facing a slightly different direction. A waterfall cascades in the background., Photographer remarks: Copy of photo. In 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 box., Time: 3:30, Light: No sun, good light., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 7, 1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1629]

Title: [Portrait of David Barclay, Died 28th May 1809 Aged 81]
Description: Glass negative showing a portrait of David Barclay propped up on a stone base. Barclay poses in three quarter length profile and wears a curled wig. The portrait has a manuscript note: Grandson of author of An Apology. Barclay was an English Quaker merchant and banker., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.59.6]

Title: G[eorge] S[pencer] Morris in porch at Sea Girt, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a three-quarter length portrait of Marriott C. Morris' cousin George Spencer Morris as a young man wearing a suit with a watch chain and pocket square., Time: 3:30 P.M., Light: good, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 17, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.148]

Title: [Portrait of David Barclay, Died 28th May 1809 Aged 81]
Description: Glass negative showing a portrait of David Barclay propped up on a stone base. Barclay poses in three quarter length profile and wears a curled wig. The portrait has a manuscript note: Grandson of author of An Apology. Barclay was an English Quaker merchant and banker., The exposure is dark and difficult to discern., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.65.1]

Title: [Portrait of David Barclay, Died 28th May 1809 Aged 81]
Description: Glass negative showing a portrait of David Barclay propped up on a stone base. Barclay poses in three quarter length profile and wears a curled wig. The portrait has a manuscript note: Grandson of author of An Apology. Barclay was an English Quaker merchant and banker., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.65.2]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris on the boardwalk]
Description: Photograph showing Marriott Canby Morris wearing a bowler hat and long jacket sitting on a bench on a boardwalk. The sea and a building near the shore are visible in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 11, 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.572]

Title: E.C. Britton with bees
Description: Photograph showing E.C. Britton wearing a white laboratory coat holding up a grate covered in bees, likely at Massachusetts. Other men gather behind Britton., September 13, 14, + 15, 1907., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.602]

Title: Frank W. Weston
Description: Photograph showing Frank W. Weston wearing a hat and checkered jacket and vest standing on the shore of a lake, likely in Massachusetts. He holds a cigar in one hand and a box under his other arm., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 24, 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.604]

Title: W.B. Everett by cannon
Description: Photograph showing W.B. Everett standing next to a cannon with the words "John Brown" painted on the side, likely in Massachusetts. He wears a suit and hat and holds a long stick in his hand. A house stands behind him and cannon., September 13, 14, + 15, 1907., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.605]

Title: [Portait of a man, possibly William Canby]
Description: Photograph showing a three-quarter length portrait of a man, possibly Marriott C. Morris' uncle William Canby, wearing a suit and a bowtie. The man has a neat, white beard and wears eyeglasses. The photograph is mounted on a gray board stamped with "J. Paul Brown Wilmington Del. 517 Market St.", Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2130]

Title: Robert Elliston. Original painting on wood in possession of Mrs. Quill, Smith Parish, Bermuda
Description: Lantern slide showing a painted three-quarter length portrait of Robert Elliston. Elliston wears a curled wig, a long, white collar and holds a small book in his left hand. A building with a dome is visible in the open window behind him., Contains MCM stamp., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2172]

Title: [Portait of] "Katie" Swan
Description: Lantern slide showing an oval-shaped portrait of Katie Swan wearing a polka dotted dress and sitting on an embankment. Above Swan on a hill a man sits on a wooden platform decorated with patriotic bunting., The slide has a background of a gold and black grid with a red star shaped stamp in the lower left corner., Contains MCM stamp., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2163]

Title: Dickerson Family miscellaneous photograph collection
Description: Collection of studio portraits of the multiracial descendants of the Philadelphia middle-class African American family, the Dickersons. Contains portraits of six women and girls, two boys, and a baby. Identified sitters are predominately children, including Catherine and Thomas Brown (P.9427.23), Emma R. Newlin (P.9427.17), and Wilson Newlin (P.9427.19). Also identified is Anna M. Newlin (P.9427.18)., Title supplied by cataloger., Dates inferred from presented age and attire of sitters., Accessioned 1993., Description revised 2024., Access points revised 2021., Housed in phase box with albums., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Various Philadelphia and Baltimore photographers, including Philadelphia photographers William Curtis Taylor, Frank W. Street, and O.M. Olsen Studio.
Date: [ca. 1885 -ca. 1910]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.17-24]

Title: [Half-length portrait of Peter Arnold Karthaus]
Description: Half-length portrait of Karthaus attired in a white collared shirt, waistcoat, and bowtie and a black jacket. He sits in a wooden chair and faces slightly right while his eyes look left. Below the portrait is a vignette of a landscape with trees and ships on the water in the background. Peter Arnold Karthaus (1765-1840) immigrated to the United States from Hamburg, Germany in 1796 and established a mercantile business in the West Branch of the Susquehanna River Valley., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from the item., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Fenderich, Charles, artist
Date: 1832
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2022.62.3.40]

Title: John Hay
Description: Bust-length, forward-facing portrait of the Secretary of State. Shows Hay wearing a beard and attired in a white collared shirt, a black tie with a decorative pin, and a black waistcoat and jacket. Hay was Secretary of State from 1898 to 1905., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Engraved and copyright by Max Rosenthal, Phila., 1906., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2022.62.3.48]

Title: Handel
Description: Bust-length portrait of the composer Handel, wearing a long, curly wig and attired in a neckerchief and a jacket with lace, facing slightly right., Title from printed signature of sitter below image., Date from content., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Creator: Moras, Ferdinand, 1821-1908
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait prints - H - [P.2011.45.19]

Title: [Half-length portrait of Dr. Alexander C. Hart]
Description: Half-length portrait of Alexander C. Hart. Hart, wearing a beard and attired in a white collared shirt, bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, looks left. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from dates of operation of the photographer and attire of the sitter., Photographer's imprint on recto: Broadbent & Taylor, 914 Chestnut St., Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint on verso: Broadbent & Taylor. 914 Chestnut St., Philadelphia [icon of an artist's palette]; S. Broadbent. W. Curtis Taylor., Manuscript note written on verso: Dr. Alexander C. Hart. Husband of Mary T. Clark. 48 831., Gift of David Doret, 2017., Broadbent & Taylor, the partnership between Samuel Broadbent (1810-1880) and William Curtis Taylor (1825-1905), was active at 914 Chestnut Street from 1877-1884. Broadbent died in 1880, leaving his interest in the business to his two sons, who bought out Taylor in 1884.
Creator: Broadbent and Taylor, photographer
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.1]

Title: Dr. Alex C. Hart
Description: Half-length portrait of Alexander C. Hart. Hart, wearing a beard and his hair parted to the right and attired in a white collared shirt, tie, and jacket, looks right. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title from manuscript note on recto., Date inferred from dates of operation of the photographer and attire of the sitter., Photographer's imprint on recto: Husted, Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint on verso: Husted, Ridge Ave. and Wallace St., Philadelphia., Gift of David Doret, 2017., Joseph Husted was listed in the Philadelphia directory as a photographer beginning in 1863. His brother William and sister Anne were listed in the Philadelphia directory as photographers beginning in 1880.
Creator: Husted, photographer
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.2]

Title: Mrs. Kemper
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin of Elizabeth Marius Kemper. Bust-length, left profile portrait of Kemper attired in a ruffled bonnet, earrings, necklace, and a fichu shawl over her dress. She was married to Daniel Kemper (1749-1847,) who served as a Colonel during the American Revolution and later was the customs receiver for the port of New York., Title from manuscript note written under image: Identified. Mrs. Daniel Kemper., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.36]

Title: [Miss Rogers]
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin possibly of Sarah Elizabeth Rogers. Bust-length, left profile portrait of Rogers wearing her curly hair up with a headband and attired in a dress with a ruffled collar. Portrait identified by descendants as Sarah Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of New York merchant Moses Rogers and Sarah Woolsey Rogers. Sarah Elizabeth Rogers would have been twenty years old, and the sitter appears older. Inscription also reads, Mrs. Rodgers, which is crossed out. [See Elaine Mile. Saint-Memin and the neoclassical profile portrait. Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 1994, p.382-383.], Title from manuscript note written under image: Identified. Mrs.[crossed out] Rodgers. Miss Rogers., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.38]

Title: [Christina Livingston Macomb]
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin of Christina Livingston Macomb. Bust-length, left profile portrait of Macomb wearing her curly hair up with a headband and attired in a dress with a ruffled collar. Christina Livingston Macomb was the daughter of Philip P. and Sarah Johnson Livingston of New York. She married merchant John Navarre Maccomb (1774-1810) in 1797., Title from manuscript note written under image: Identified. Mrs. John Navane Maccomb [sic]., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.37]

Title: [Edward William Laight]
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin of Edward William Laight. Bust-length, left profile portrait of Laight wearing his hair tied back in a bow and attired in a neckerchief and jacket. Edward William Laight graduated from Columbia University and studied law in the office of Aaron Burr. He served as a Major General in the New York militia and was president of the Eagle Fire Insurance Company., Title supplied by cataloger based on entry in Mile. St. Memin. (Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 1994)., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.39]

Title: Mrs. Clinton
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin of Cornelia Tappen Clinton. Bust-length, left profile portrait of Clinton attired in a ruffled bonnet and a fichu shawl over her dress. Cornelia Tappen Clinton was born in Kingston, New York to Petrus Stoffelse Tappen (ie. Peter Tappen) and Tjaatje Cornelise Wynkoop. She married George Clinton, Vice President of the United States under Jefferson and Madison., Title from manuscript note written under image: Mrs. Clinton., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.34]

Title: Corcoran, Hannah, 1836-
Description: In Hannah Corcoran, the missing girl of Charlestown (Boston, 1853), title page vignette., Three-quarter length portrait of the young woman, wearing a Maltese cross brooch.
Date: [1853?]

Title: Wadsworth, James, Mrs.
Description: In Kirkland, C.M. The book of home beauty (New York, 1852), plate opposite p. 132., Shoulder-length portrait of Mrs. James Wadsworth, with lace bonnet., Based on drawing by Charles Martin.
Date: [1852?]

Title: William Penn
Description: Loganian Library Minutes, vol. 1, p. 250, Feb. 6, 1845 acknowledges the receipt of the portrait. “A portrait (in oil by Lambdin) of William Penn, framed, was presented by John J. Smith, Jr. for which the thanks of the Board were tendered to him.” A letter inserted in the Library Company Directors' Minutes, vol. 9, p. 137, dated Nov. 16, 1888, from Lambdin to G. M. Abbot, reads: The portrait of Wm. Penn at the Library was painted from a small stipple engraving said to have been made from a carved head of Penn on the top of a cane, by one of his friends., Gift of John Jay Smith, 1845.
Creator: Lambdin, James Reid, 1807-1889
Date: 1844
Location: OBJ 258

Title: Ward, S., Mrs.
Description: In Kirkland, C.M. The book of home beauty (New York, 1852), plate opposite p. 144., Bust-length portrait of Mrs. S. Ward., Based on drawing by Charles Martin.
Date: [1852?]

Title: Wardell, Coventry, Mrs.
Description: In Kirkland, C.M. The book of home beauty (New York, 1852), plate opposite p. 120., Bust-length portrait of Mrs. Coventry Wardell, with flowers in her hair., Based on a drawing by Charles Martin.
Date: [1852?]

Title: Schermerhorn, J., Mrs.
Description: In Kirkland, C.M. The book of home beauty (New York, 1852), plate opposite p. 96., Shoulder-length portrait of Mrs. Schermerhorn, with a wreath of leaves on her head.
Date: [1852?]

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