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Title: [Portrait of two brothers, George and Ralph Wood]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. No design., 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. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.13]

Title: Mr. Charles Dickens
Description: Three quarter length pose of Dickens standing with his right hand in his pocket and his left hand, holding his gloves, resting on an urn., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Gold stamped on front: Seal of Great Britain with photographer's imprint: Mr. Claudet, 107 Regents St. Quadrant., Title from paper label pasted to recto., Acquired from Charlotte Irene King Sumner, granddaughter of Rev. Demetrius P. Calliphronas, from his daguerreotype collection, June 21, 1940.
Creator: Claudet, A. (Antoine), 1797-1867, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [94383.D]

Title: [Caroline Wood, 1838-1857]
Description: Wood's hair is parted in the middle with long curls at each side of her face. She is wearing a big white collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. S. Broadbent stamped in lower left corner., Case: Leather. No design., 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. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.20]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan Gallery 159 Chesnut St. Philada. Swirls all around., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. One rose and one bud in a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on back
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.13]

Title: [Reverend Henry Nixon.]
Description: Portrait of Nixon, wearing a high white collar. Nixon was the photographer's brother-law-in, married to Swift's sister Elizabeth., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Raised red velvet with geometric design. Gilt border., Mat: Ornamented modified nonpareil., Case: Black laquer, shaped like a book, with mother of pearl inlay in the shape of a spray of roses. Spine is leather, with repeated floral design stamped in gold. Gilt edges. No design on verso. Single ornamented brass clasp., Accompanying manuscript note reads: "Great uncle Henry Nixon Presby. Clergyman. Taken by Henry B. Swift, brother in law, 312 Markt St. formerly partner of S. F. B. Morse." The note identifies Nixon as a Presbyterian clergyman. However, the couple's 1852 marriage announcement identifies him as a Methodist Episcopal minister., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.2]

Title: [Charles W. Gettz seated at table with one hand supporting his head.]
Description: Portrait of a seated young man resting one hand on his hand-painted pink cheek. His elbow is on a book placed on the nearby table. His other hand rests in his lap. Philadelphia city directories list Charles Getz as a farmer or gardener., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched on top of sun. Embossed within two concentric circles forming the core of the sun: Evans 380 Market St. Girard Row. Original Sun Beam., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of roses in an octagonal border. The design of the case is called A Spray of Roses, variant and is plate 127 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. No design on verso.
Creator: Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.1]]

Title: [Unidentified family]
Description: Family portrait of mother, father, son, and daughter. Pink color applied to cheeks and mother's dress collar., Pad: Red velvet. Spray of flowers in center, floral border. Embossed: W. & F. Langenheim Philada., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers, leaves, and grapes within an octagon leafy border. No design on verso., Case is broken at spine with large areas of leather lost, particularly on verso. Plate is badly tarnished.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.2]

Title: William A.K. Martin, 1817-1867
Description: Hand painted pink on cheeks. Sitter was landscape, marine and historical painter who worked primarily in Philadelphia., Pad: Red velvet. Flower in center within scrolling border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Design is called The Bird and the Grape Vine and is plate 89 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced ca. 1854. Geometric design on verso., Adhesive label on cover glass: W.A.K. Martin Artist., Case spine is broken.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.3]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young man with upswept hair]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet with central floral motif., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Central medalion surrounded by curving scrolls. Same design on verso.
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.4]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, elderly woman with her arms crossed in front of her, wearing a white lace cap and a large white shawl.]
Description: Hand colored very pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet with geometric border. Embossed: Keenan 248 South Second St. Philada., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Spray with one rose and one bud within a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso.
Creator: Keenan, John A., photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8535]

Title: [Charlotte Conarroe and her daughter Ellen.]
Description: Charlotte is sitting facing slightly to her right, her left hand holding a book on her lap. Her daughter Ellen is leaning into Charlotte, her left hand raised to her cheek., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, photographer's imprint embossed in the center: Richards, 179 Chesnut St., Philada. Scrolled border., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. A grape vine with two birds, one perched on a bough, the other flying toward the vine. Modified nonpareil border. No design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file. See also Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), pg. 226 and fig. 37., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.4]

Title: [Three quarter length portrait of a seated, unidentified young woman, hair parted in middle, wearing dress with lace collar and cuffs.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet embossed in center: Root Gallery. Cook Artist. Cor Chestnut & Fifth. Phila., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Leather. No design on front or back.
Creator: Cook, George S. (George Smith), 1819-1902, photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Root [P.9841.25]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified bearded man, neatly coifed.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. Lacking front cover. Geometric design in center, swirls all around.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8553]

Title: [Portrait of an elderly unidentified woman.]
Description: Her left arm is resting on a table. She is holding a book in her left hand and her eyeglasses in her right hand. Hand colored very pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet with geometric border. Embossed: Hutchinson, Daguerreotypist., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric diamond design in center. Same design on verso.
Creator: Hutchinson, Thomas, photographer
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.2]

Title: Dr. Charles Kingsbury, Dr. French Alseael, S.H. Porter, and Royal L. Burgh
Description: Group portrait of four men including Samuel H. Porter, a Philadelphia doctor. Two of the men stand in the middle with the others seated on chairs on either side., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan 120 Arch St. Phila. Geometric border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design with an ornate nonpareil-like design in the center surrounded by vertical lines and a scrolled border. A different geometric design on verso., Manuscript note behind the image identifies the sitters as Dr. Charles Kingsbury, Dr. French Alseael, S.H. Porter, and Royal L. Burgh.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9560.2]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man with curled hair down his cheeks, looking slightly to his left.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Imprint stamped on mat: M. A. Root Philada., Case: Leather. Elongated oval within a geometric oval. Stamped on verso: Root Gallery. Cook Artist. Cor Chestnut & Fifth. Phila.
Creator: Cook, George S. (George Smith), 1819-1902, photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Root [P.9844.53]

Title: [George Washington Conarroe, 1803-1882 or 4]
Description: Portrait depicting Conarroe in profile., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Large spray of flowers in the center. Geometric border all around., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers within a modified nonpareil border. No design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file. See also Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), fig. 38., 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.2 ]

Title: [Richard Davis Wood, 1799-1869]
Description: Bust length portrait., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Green velvet. Spray of flowers in center with floral border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Large spray of flowers within an octagonal border. No design on verso. Same design on cover as Richards image of George W. Connaroe (8259.F.1)., 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: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.5]

Title: Gilbert C. Pryor about 1856
Description: Waist-length portrait of Philadelphia merchant, Gilbert Pryor, facing slightly to the right. He wears a jacket, high-collared shirt, and wide necktie. At the time of this portrait, Pryor worked on North Front Street. He had lived in Philadelphia for over twenty years pursuing work as varied as tailor, clerk, and accountant. Pryor does not appear in Philadelphia city directories after 1855., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet; Urn of leaves in center. scroll work all around. Embossed: Root, 140 Chestnut St., Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers with one rose in center within a double elliptical border. Geometric design on verso. Accompanied by manuscript note: Gilbert C. Pryor about 1856.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9643.1]

Title: [Mrs. William George Spencer holding her baby Warren Otis Spencer on her lap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather with a very ornate geometric design. Lacking cover., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.4]

Title: [Anna Lea Bakewell as a girl.]
Description: Young Anna Lea Bakewell is sitting sideways on a chair, facing to her right. She wears a woolen cloak. Her hair is parted in the middle. Hand colored pink on cheeks, and hand coloring on her cloak., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design with fancy swirls., Mat: Curved oval., Case: Leather. A small spray of flowers is in an oval bordered by a curved oval. Scrolls all around. Same design on back., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.7]

Title: [Edward Randolph Wood, b. 1840]
Description: Depicts Wood as a young man, wearing a big black bow tie. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on left bottom corner: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. No design., 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. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.18]

Title: [Seated portrait of an unidentified unidentified woman resting her left arm on a column on which there is a vase of flowers.]
Description: Hand colored., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with geometric design., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather with fanciful gold stamped floral and leaf design. This design is The Lily Motif and is reproduced opposite page 65 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) A thin gold border is on the back, but no design., Sitter may possibly be one of Henry B. Swift's sisters, Caroline, Hannah or Mary, or possibly his wife, Emma. See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.4]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, unsmiling young man, hands resting on his thighs.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Embossed: Franklin Gallery No. 1 North 11th Street., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Spray of three roses in a nonpareil-like border. Same design on verso.
Creator: Franklin Gallery, photographer
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9841.24]

Title: [Walter Wood, 1849-1934]
Description: A sweet faced, seated, nine year old Wood is wearing a jacket with buttons down the front and a white collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. No design on front or back., 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. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.17]

Title: [Julianna Randolph, b. 1794]
Description: Seated portrait of a matronly Randolph wearing a black taffeta dress with a tight fitting bodice and a white scarf. She is also wearing white gloves. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed: Willard 120 W. Market St. 8 Doors E. Schl. 6th St. [i.e. 17th St.], Mat: Modified non pareil., Case: Leather. In a circle in the center are grapes and other fruits, surrounded by a six pointed star. Same design on verso., Julianna Randolph was the aunt of Julianna Randolph Wood, 1810-1885. 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: Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.9]

Title: [George Washington Conarroe, 1803-1882 or 4]
Description: Portrait of a mature Conarroe looking slightly to his left. He has frown marks on his forehead., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Photographer's embossed imprint in the center is torn and illegible. Geometric border all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint embossed on pad: Richards 179 Chestnut St. Philada., Case: Leather. Large spray of flowers within an octagonal border. No design on verso., Conarroe was a Philadelphia portrait and genre painter. 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.1]

Title: [Portrait of a prim, unsmiling, unidentified young woman wearing a white lace collar.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Dinmore, Phil., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Small geometric design in center surrounded by scrolls. Fancy scrolls at each corner.
Creator: Dinmore, Walter, photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9957.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman, hair parted in the middle, wearing a black ribbon attached to a pin at her neck.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young woman, wearing a white lace cap, her right arm is resting on a table. ]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, bearded man, head tilted slightly to his left.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, bald, bearded man, looking straight ahead, his right arm is resting on a table.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified girl sitting on a chair.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified older woman, hair parted in the middle, wearing eye glasses.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Standing portrait of a little girl posed next to a chair.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Charlotte Conarroe, b. 1804]
Description: 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]

Title: Grandmother Abigail D. Dreer
Description: 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]

Title: [Madame Marie-Athenaide Le Febvre Buchey, 1800-1874, headmistress of Mrs. Buchey's French & English Seminary for Young Ladies, 260 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, bespectacled woman.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified couple.]
Description: 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]

Title: [John Bouvier,1787-1851]
Description: 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]

Title: [Jonah Thompson with an open book in his left hand.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified elderly couple.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of seated unidentified man.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman wearing an ornate shawl over her dress.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of seated unidentified couple.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Richard Davis Wood, 1799-1869]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of two sisters, Martha and Mandana Ball, as young girls]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young couple.]
Description: 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]

Title: [Portrait of two unidentified young women.]
Description: 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]

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