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Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr., Marriott Canby Morris Jr., Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys posed in front of a large, leafy shrub at Sea Girt., The exposure is blurred, implying that the boys moved during the time the photo was taken., 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: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.94]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] & baby [most likely Elliston P. Morris, Jr.]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris holding a baby, most likely their son Elliston Perot Morris, Jr., in her arms. Morris wears a dress with a striped collar and her hair tied in a chignon. The baby is wrapped in a long kitted blanket., 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. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.7.6]

Title: [Full-length portrait of James Rodgers]
Description: Glass negative showing James Rodgers standing outside a house next to a shuttered window. Rodgers, attired in a cap, a white collared shirt, a tie, a waistcoat, a jacket, and pants, stands with his right knee slightly bent and his arms at his sides., Title supplied by cataloger., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.9895.87.5]

Title: Wedding Group. [Sarah W. Perot & Richard M. Lea's wedding group at 254 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Glass negative showing a group posed for a wedding portrait in the lawn next to the porch of the house at 254 W. Walnut Lane. The women wear matching dresses and hats and carry flower bouquets The men three-piece suits with long jackets. Marriott Morris' second cousin Sarah W. Perot and her husband Richard M. Lea are in center., Photographer remarks: In shade. good sun.?, Time: 12:30?, 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 17, 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.11.14]

Title: Bride and Groom, [Sarah W. Perot & Richard M. Lea, at 254 W. Walnut Lane, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' second cousin Sarah W. Perot and her husband Richard Matlock Lea posing for a full length portrait on a walkway next to a house with a porch at 254 W. Walnut Lane. Perot wears a wedding dress and veil and holds a bouquet of flowers. Lea wears a three-piece suit with a long jacket and holds a tophat. They stand closely togehter., 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 17, 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.11.16]

Title: [Group of Frank Huston's & Alice Calley's wedding company at 3926 Chestnut St.]
Description: Glass negative showing the wedding party for Abram Francis Huston (Haverford College class of 1872) and Alice Calley's wedding posed for a portrait at 3926 Chestnut Street. Huston and Calley sit in the center while the other members of the group stand around them. The men wear three-piece suits and the women wear long white dresses and hold bouquets in their hands. CAlley wears a long veil., Photographer remarks: Not as good., Time: 1, Light: Strong sun., Same group as last., The emulsion has discolored to yellow., 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: January 17, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1390]

Title: [Group of Frank Huston's & Alice Calley's wedding company at 3926 Chestnut St.]
Description: Glass negative showing a group posed for a portrait at the wedding of Abram Francis Huston and Alice Calley at 3926 Chestnut Street. Calley and Huston sit in the center while the wedding party stands behind them. The women wear long, high-necked white dresses. Calley wears a long veil. The men wear three-piece suits. The groom looks at the bride and the bridesmaids hold bouquets of roses., 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: January 17, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.62.10]

Title: Anne & Mary Emlen sitting on beach, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Mary Emlen and Anne Emlen sitting on the beach at Sea Girt. The woman on the left leans up against the other women and shields her eyes from the sun. Both women wear long white dresses with their hair pulled back in buns., Time: 3:05, Light: Light same as last. [No sun but a fairly 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: August 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.712]

Title: Rev. Francis Burns Missionary bishop of the M.E. Church in Western Africa
Description: Bust-length portrait of the African American deacon and missionary bishop to Liberia. Burns, attired in a white collared shirt, a white bowtie, a black waistcoat, and a black jacket, sits slightly facing right. The African coastline, depicting buildings on the shoreline and boats in the water, is visible in the background., Title from item., Published in The Ladies repository (March 1859), frontispiece., See biography of sitter in The Ladies repository (March 1859), p. 129-132., Accessioned 1879., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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., Brady produced ambrotypes in his New York studio from 1855 until 1856, ceasing production following a lawsuit over the patent.
Creator: Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893, engraver
Date: [March 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Prints-B [5017.F.45]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. with a large bell], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as boys on a porch at Pocono Lake with a large bell. Marriott Morris Jr. on the left sits on a step while Elliston Morris Jr. on the right stands leaning against the bell. They wear short pants and straw hats. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., September 3 & 4, 1909., 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 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.390]

Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris and Janet Morris on porch steps], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing two women, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris, sitting on either side of their daughter Janet Morris as a young girl on a set of porch steps at Pocono Lake. The women wear long, high-necked white dresses. Rustic wooden furniture sits on the porch above the group. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., July 30 - August 1, 1909., 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: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.378]

Title: [Sarah Rhoads Potts and Janet Morris] Germantown
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as babies sitting on a blanket in a garden. Both babies wear white dresses. A man extends his hand to support Potts on the left., 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 26, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.216]

Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris and Janet Morris] Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris holding their daughter Janet Morris as a baby. Jane Morris wears a dark jacket over white blouse with a ribbon around her neck and smiles. Janet Morris wearing a bonnet and coat. Dune grass is visible in the background., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.267]

Title: [Portrait of Elliston Perot Morris and possibly Beulah Sansom Morris], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris and an older woman, possibly his aunt Beulah Sansom Morris seated for a portrait in front of a backdrop on a porch. Elliston Morris wears a three-piece suit while the woman wears a dark dress, lace shawl, and cap., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.270]

Title: [Portrait of Elliston Perot Morris and possibly Beulah Sansom Morris], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris and an older woman, possibly his aunt Beulah Sansom Morris, posing for a portrait in front of a backdrop on a porch. The woman sits in a chair and wears a dark dress, lace shawl, and cap. Elliston Morris stands behind her and wears a three-piece suit., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.271]

Title: [Sarah Rhoads Potts and Janet Morris], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' niece Sarah Rhoads Potts and daughter Janet Morris as babies sitting on a blanket in front of a backdrop. A small circular toy sits on the ground in front of the children., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.273]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr.]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys wearing jackets and hats standing on a garden path. Houses are visible behind them., April 5 & 8, 1908., 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 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.198]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris Jr. and Elliston P. Morris Jr.]
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as children seated on a wooden bench. Marriott Morris Jr. on the left wears a bonnet decorated with ribbons and a white frock. Elliston Morris on the right wears a wide brimmed hat and a skirt and sweater. A brick wall and a flagpole are visible behind the children., 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 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2019]

Title: [Group portrait including Marriott C. and Bess Morris]
Description: Photograph showing a group posed for a portrait, including Marriott Canby Morris and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris. A man and two women stand in the back row while three women, a man, and a child sit in the front row. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses., 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. 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2058]

Title: "Do you like butter?" Elizabeth C. Morris and Elliston P. Morris Jr, Pelham
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and his son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child sitting in a field of flowers. Elizabeth Morris wears a hat and a striped shirt and Elliston Morris wears a white frock and a straw hat. He also holds a flower under her chin., 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: 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2004]

Title: Elizabeth C. Morris and Elliston P. Morris Jr, Pelham
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and his son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child sitting in a field of flowers. Elizabeth wears a hat and a striped shirt and Elliston wears a white frock and a straw hat. He also holds a flower under the her chin., 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: 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2004a]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr.] Germantown
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys peering over a fence., 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 26, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.222]

Title: [Janet Morris and Sarah Rhoads Potts], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as babies each wearing white frocks sitting on a blanket in front of a dark backdrop. A pacifier and a shell sit on the blanket to the right., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.283]

Title: [Janet Morris and Sarah Rhoads Potts], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as babies on a porch. Morris on the left wears a white dress and sits on a wooden chair with a tray. Potts on the right wears a cap and sits in a wicker chair., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.288]

Title: [Sarah Rhoads Potts and Janet Morris], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as babies sitting next to each other in front of a backdrop. They wear white frocks and look down at something in Morris' hands., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.310]

Title: ASSU Illustration 8824
Description: Block numbered in two places: 8824., Portrait of Stephen Paxson, a missionary for the American Sunday-School Union who was nicknamed "Stuttering Stephen"; in the waist-length portrait Paxson has a goatee., Signed: A.H. Markley Phila. sc., “V. Grot[tenthaler] [?] P[hila.]” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876., Illustration appears in A fruitful life: a narrative of the experience and missionary labors of Stephen Paxson (Philadelphia, 1882), frontispiece.
Date: [between 1867 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 18

Title: John W. Geary envelope
Description: Image: Depicts bust portrait of John W. Geary., Verse 366: Col. Geary / Col. Geary's Twenty-eighth Regiment P.V., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date: 1861-1865

Title: Brewster, Mary Hequembourg, 1791-1868.
Description: In Account of the golden wedding of James and Mary Brewster, September 18, 1860 (New Haven, 1860), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Your Affectionate Mother Mary Brewster., Waist-length portrait of the woman wearing a lace collar and a lace bonnet.
Date: [1860?]

Title: Dickerman sisters.
Description: In The sisters : a memoir of Elizabeth H., Abbie A., and Sarah F. Dickerman (Boston, 1859), frontispiece., Three separate waist-length portraits in arabesque frames: Elizabeth H. (Lizzie) Dickerman; Abbie A. Dickerman; Sarah F. (Fannie) Dickerman., The Dickerman sisters, who grew up in Connecticut, lived pious lives and died young. Elizabeth lived long enough to work first as a teacher and later as the first principal of the Hart Female Seminary in Plymouth, Connecticut.
Date: [1859?]

Title: Lady in black.
Description: In Only full report of the trial of Rev. I.S. Kalloch, on charge of adultery ... with accurate portraits of Kalloch, and the beautiful lady in black (Boston, 1857), p. 4., “The Springfield republican says: ‘The lady thus unfortunately implicated with Mr. Kalloch, is the young and lovely wife of a citizen of Brattleboro’, Vt.’”, Waist-length portrait of the “lady in black,” touching her necklace with her right hand.
Date: [1857?]

Title: Bodine, Polly.
Description: In the Weekly herald, vol. 9, no. 25 (June 29, 1844), p. 203., Another portrait by another artist appears on the same page; see also the Weekly herald, vol. 9, no. 2 (Jan. 13, 1844), p. 9, for an earlier publication of this portrait., Waist-length portrait of the accused murderess wearing a bonnet.
Date: [1844?]

Title: Bolton, Abby, 1827-1849.
Description: In The lighted valley, or, The closing scenes in the life of a beloved sister (New York, 1850), frontispiece., The young woman was the daughter of the Rev. Robert Bolton (1788-1857), an Episcopalian clergyman who was born Savannah, Georgia; in 1807, he traveled to England, where he married Anne Jay Bolton (1793-1859); the couple and their children left England in 1836 and settled in New York; they opened the Bolton Priory School in Pelham Manor, New York, in 1838., Three-quarter-length portrait of the young woman., Another portrait appears in Bolton, R. The Lighted valley, or, The closing scenes of the life of Abby Bolton (London, 1851), frontispiece ("Eng'd by W. Holl, from a painting by her brother [i.e., William Jay Bolton]").
Date: [1850?]

Title: Soby, Elizabeth.
Description: In A treatise on the alterative [sic] and curative virtues of Swaim’s panacea (Philadelphia, 1833), plate facing p. 94., “Page 94”., According to the accompanying article, Elizabeth Soby was relieved of the pain she suffered from the ulcer on her face by using Swaim’s panacea., Charles Joseph Hullmandel was a London lithographer., Another portrait of Elizabeth Soby appears in Swaim’s panacea (Philadelphia, 1848), p. [19]., Three-quarter length portrait of a woman with a disfiguring scar on the right side of her face.
Date: [1833?]

Title: Tregomaine, Mrs.
Description: In A treatise on the alterative [sic] and curative virtues of Swaim’s panacea (Philadelphia, 1833), plate facing p. 95., “Page 94”., According to the accompanying article, Mrs. Tregomaine was relieved of the pain she suffered from ulcers on various parts of her body by using Swaim’s panacea., Charles Joseph Hullmandel was a London lithographer., Another portrait of Mrs. Tregomaine appears in Swaim’s panacea (Philadelphia, 1848), p. [22]., Recumbent portrait of a woman with scars on her face and hands, leaning against pillows.
Date: [1833?]

Title: Parker, Dorothy, Mrs.
Description: In A treatise on the alterative [sic] and curative virtues of Swaim’s panacea (Philadelphia, 1833), plate facing p. 54 of the appendix., “Page 54. Appendix”., According to the accompanying article, Mrs. Dorothy Parker was relieved of the pain she suffered from rheumatism, abscesses, and ulcers on her legs by using Swaim’s panacea., Charles Joseph Hullmandel was a London lithographer., Another portrait of Mrs. Dorothy Parker appears in Swaim’s panacea (Philadelphia, 1848), p. [26]., Full-length portrait of a woman with scars on her legs, sitting up in bed.
Date: [1833?]

Title: Fredericks, Mlle.
Description: In Van Amburgh’s Zoological & Equestrian Co. Concert Company. Fun for the million! (Philadelphia, 1859), detail., Mlle. Fredericks worked with Van Amburgh in 1859 only; cf. W.L. Slout. Olympians of the sawdust circle (1998)., Full-length portrait of the slack wire performer, holding a hoop as she balances on the wire.
Date: [1859?]

Title: Walters, Anna.
Description: Full-length portrait of Miss Anna Walters in a tutu dancing en pointe., In Alexander’s express messenger (Apr. 17, 1844), p. [1]., “Miss Walters, one of Philadelphia’s favorite ballerinas, had made her debut at the Walnut a few days earlier, in a solo called Il Pirule Vetteramo, ‘never dancing in this city before’ -- and never again, insofar as we have been able to discover! According to Charles Durang, ‘Miss Walters really displayed infinite grace and immense agility. Her style was the French operatic (i.e., the classical ballet). She had great natural powers for the art but we should judge had never been regularly taught and trained in that graceful school. Her performances were crude at times and quite unfinished, showing that her acquirements were through aptness and tact for imitation. Miss Walters, however, pleased, and that nowadays is quite enough.’” -- Moore, Lillian. George Washington Smith (1945)., “As she appeared in the trial dance from the Bayadere, on her benefit night, at the Walnut Street Theatre, on Tuesday evening, April 9 1844”.
Date: [1844?]

Title: Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876.
Description: In Jones, A.D. The illustrated American biography (New York, 1855), v. 3, p. 439. "Portraits drawn by S. Wallin, and engraved by J.W. Orr.", Other portraits appear in: Gleason's pictorial drawing room companion, v. 1 (1851), p. 232 and p. 481; Hale, S.J. Woman's record (New York, 1855), p. 638; Jones, A.D. The American portrait gallery (New York, 1855), p. [617]., Bust-length portrait of the actress., For image of painting of Charlotte Cushman by Thomas Sully, press link below.
Date: [1855?]
Location: http://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A59342

Title: [Lillie Showell]
Description: Full-length studio portrait showing Showell, seated in a chair containing an ornate back. The young woman wears glasses and is attired in a shirtwaist and long skirt. She rests one hand on the arm of the chair and the other on her knee. A studio backdrop is visible in the background. Family lore suggests Showell, born in Philadelphia, died from the flu during the 1917-1918 pandemic following World War I. Showell, younger sister of Arthur Showell (1894-1943), resided in Maryland as a child and young adult., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Brice C. Showell.
Date: [ca. 1917]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - misc. - sitter - Showell [P.2015.1.2]

Title: Poulson, Susannah Knorr, 1756-1830.
Description: Proof copy; never published?, Susannah Knorr was born in Germantown. She married Philadelphia publisher Zachariah Poulson in 1780., Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Poulson seated in a chair., For image of painting of Mrs. Poulson, press link below.
Date: [1831?]
Location: http://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A95595

Title: Comfield, Mrs. Amelia Stratton.
Description: In: Comfield, A.S. Alida, or, Miscellaneous sketches (New York, 1849), frontispiece., “Optimum vitae genus eligito nam consuetudo faciet jucundissimum.”, Amelia Stratton Comfield was the wife of John F. (or John L.?) Comfield., Waist-length portrait of the writer wearing a short-sleeved dress; based on oil painting by David Rogers., For image of painting of Mrs. Comfield, press link below.
Date: [1849?]
Location: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID:siris_ari_348307

Title: Tappan, Sarah, 1748-1826.
Description: In Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Tappan (New York, 1834), frontispiece., Sarah Tappan was the mother of Arthur Tappan (1786–1865) and Lewis Tappan (1788–1873), both successful merchants and prominent antebellum reformers. She was also the mother of the anti-abolitionist and Ohio politician Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), William Tappan (1779-1855), John Tappan (1781-1871), and publisher Charles Tappan (1784-1875)., Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Tappan, wearing a bonnet.
Date: [1834?]

Title: Ramsay, Martha Laurens, 1759-1811.
Description: In Memoirs of Martha Laurens Ramsay (Philadelphia, 1845), frontispiece., Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Ramsay, wearing a lowcut dress with lace collar.
Date: [1845?]

Title: Howard, Margaret, 1826-
Description: In Trial of Mrs. Margaret Howard, for the murder of Miss Mary Ellen Smith (Cincinnati, 1849), title vignette., Mrs. Margaret Howard was tried for stabbing her husband’s mistress to death; she was acquitted on grounds of insanity., Bust-length portrait of the murderess, wearing a bonnet or head scarf.
Date: [1849?]

Title: Brunton, Anne, 1768-1808.
Description: In The Mirror of taste, vol. 1, no. 2 (February 1810), frontispiece. Library Company’s copy defaced., In 1791, Anne Brunton married Robert Merry, who died in 1798. In 1803, she married Thomas Wignell, who died that same year. She married William Warren in 1806. She died in childbirth two years later in Alexandria, Virginia. Already established as a leading actress in England, she made her American debut in December 1796 as Shakespeare’s Juliet. Cf. ANB., Waist-length portrait of the actress, wearing a hat with feathers.
Date: [1810?]

Title: Shaw, Charlotte.
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Miss Shaw, seated, wearing a shawl and holding a rose. Ornate border around the portrait depicts angels and flowers. An eagle at the top of the portrait holds in its mouth a circular medal reading: PLUMBE Gold Medal., In Loder, George. Lady! The rose I give to thee (Philadelphia, 1846), vignette., The actress Charlotte Shaw debuted at the Bowery Theater on Dec. 14, 1842. Cf. Hall, Lillian A. Catalogue of dramatic portraits (1930-1934)., “[John] Plumbe devised a method whereby his studio copied original photographic images onto a lithographer’s stone by an early and innovative method of mechanical photoreproduction that still remains a mystery. Plumbeotypes were thus actually lithographs, but with a difference, for the stones were created with the new process.”--P. 48. LCP AR [Annual Report] 1992.
Date: 1846.

Title: Nau, Dolores.
Description: In Ballou's pictorial drawing-room companion, vol. 8, no. 19 (May 12, 1855), p. 300., Nau, a soprano of American birth, trained and toured in Europe and won considerable critical acclaim before returning to New York to make her American debut., Waist-length portrait of Nau, seated and wearing a necklace and mantle.
Date: [1855?]

Title: May, Juliana.
Description: Full-length portrait of the singer holding a fan and wearing a full-skirted tiered dress., In Frank Leslie’s illustrated newspaper, vol. 4, no. 91 (Aug. 29, 1857), p. 193., Miss Juliana May was an American opera singer who first achieved fame in Europe.
Date: [1857?]

Title: Hopkinson, Ann Biddle, 1800-1863.
Description: In The gift (Philadelphia, 1839), plate opposite p. 228., Sitter identified as Ann Biddle Hopkinson, the wife of Francis Hopkinson, on the basis of a portrait of her by Thomas Sully, which is now located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Bust-length portrait of Mrs. Hopkinson wearing a hat decorated with feathers.
Date: [1839?]

Title: Hardy, Sylvia.
Description: Full-length portrait of Miss Hardy standing beside two unnamed men, perhaps as a means of depicting her extraordinary height., In The American phrenological journal, vol. 21 (May, 1855), p. 120., Miss Hardy, known during her lifetime as the Maine Giantess, was exhibited in P.T. Barnum’s American Museum during the mid-nineteenth century as a nearly eight-foot tall curiosity., “Miss Hardy is now thirty years of age. She has grown about seven inches since she was twenty-one, and is nearly eight feet high at the present moment. She weighs three hundred and forty-six pounds, is massively proportioned, robust, matronly in appearance, symmetrical in figure, but inclined to stoop, (as most tall people are,) a habit acquired in her native village, where her gigantic height subjected her to a scrutiny on the part of strangers, most annoying to her bashful nature. Her features are large. The expression of her face, if not handsome, is amiable ; her disposition is mild and gentle to a pleasing degree. Her voice is somewhat coarse, but not unmusical. Her movements are easy and graceful ; although, having never before left her village home, she is as yet unsophisticated in fashionable ways, and moves and acts with a timidity that a little more acquaintance with public life will readily remove… She certainly is one of the most wonderful natural phenomena of the age.”--P. 120.
Date: [1855?]
Location: http://www.librarycompany.org/extraordinarywoman/dwarf.htm

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