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Title: Henry Charles Lea, 1825-1909
Description: Facing very slightly right is young, handsome Henry Charles Lea. His long hair, parted on the side, frames his face. Pale hand-colored pink on his cheeks., Pad: Burgundy velvet, No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. The design is three concentric circles. A cross is in the smallest circle., Included in the case is a lock of Henry Charles Lea's hair., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.10]

Title: Frances Anne Carey (Mrs. Isaac Lea), 1799-1874
Description: Bust-length portrait of Frances Anne Carey, her face framed in a large lace cap tied under her chin. She has a slight smile on her face, and is looking straight ahead., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mat: M. A. Root, Phila., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.2]

Title: Eliza Y. McAllister
Description: Portrait of a seated older woman resting her arm on a table. She wears a lace bonnet, a dress with a lace collar, a fringed shawl held together by a brooch and gloves. Eliza M. Young McAllister (1790-1853) married John McAllister (1786-1877) in 1811., Title from accompanying ms. note on paper., Pad: Red velvet embossed Root's Gallery 140 Chestnut St. Philada., Mat: Plain octagonal., Case: Leather. Floral and grape design. No design on verso. Attached to case is ms. note on paper: Mrs. E. Y. McAllister, 1851/62.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Root [P.2010.15]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman.]
Description: Portrait of a young woman seated in a high backed chair in front of a painted landscape background. One arm rests on a table and she holds a book in her lap., The sitter's earrings, brooch, and rings are hand colored gold., Verso and recto of case are detached and may not belong together., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Rust colored velvet embossed D. F. Bower's 317 Nth Second St. Philadelphia. Scroll border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. In center a striated eight pointed star. Fancy scroll work all around. Tangent circle design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Bowers, D. F., photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.14]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man.]
Description: Portrait of a seated man resting his arm on a book on a table. In his other hand he holds what appears to be a closed daguerreotype case. He wears a jacket, vest, high-collared shirt and large necktie., Cheeks are hand painted pink., Pad: Dark red velvet. Embossed: W. & F. Langenheim Philada., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Mixed bouquet of flowers within nonpareil border. Geometric design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.15]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman]
Description: Portrait of a seated woman wearing a bonnet, a dress with a lace collar, and a fur-trimmed cape., Cheeks and parts of bonnet are hand painted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan Gallery 159 Chesnut St. Philada. Scrolled border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers within a nonpareil-like border. Scroll work all around. Geometric design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.16]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man.]
Description: Waist length portrait of a bearded man wearing a jacket, vest, high collared shirt and large necktie. A watch chain stretches across his stomach., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: red velvet. Floral design in center with floral scroll border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Floral design with scroll work borders. Identical design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Root, Samuel, 1819-1889, photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.19]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman.]
Description: Portrait of a seated woman wearing a plaid dress with a lace collar., Hand colored pink on cheeks., Text supplied by cataloger., Pad: purple velvet. Floral design in center with floral scroll border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Oval medallion with interlocking chain surrounded by floral scroll work. Identical design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Root, Samuel, 1819-1889, photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.18]

Title: Judge Bouvier
Description: Bouvier was a Philadelphia lawyer and judge, best known for his Law Dictionary., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Case: In square brass frame. Paper label on verso: Daguerreotype miniatures, by R. Cornelius, Eighth Street, above Chesnut, Philadelphia. Manuscript note on verso: Judge Bouvier., See also research file; LCP Annual Report for 1991, pgs. 51-52; Board Report, November 19, 1991; and Sarah Weatherwax, "Picturing the Law: Images of John Bouvier," The Daguerreian Society Quarterly 32 (January-March 2020), 5-7. See also P.9357.2 for another daguerreotype of John Bouvier.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
Date: 1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9357.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unsmiling, unidentified woman with white cotton cap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk - design obliterated., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. Cornelius, Philada., Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso., Gift of Robert C. Langmuir, Jr.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
Date: 1841
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9081]

Title: [Portrait of an unsmiling, unidentified woman with white cotton cap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk - design obliterated., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. Cornelius, Philada., Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso., Gift of Robert C. Langmuir, Jr.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
Date: 1841
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9081]

Title: [Portrait of an unsmiling, unidentified woman with white cotton cap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk - design obliterated., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. Cornelius, Philada., Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso., Gift of Robert C. Langmuir, Jr.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
Date: 1841
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9081]

Title: [Portrait of an unsmiling, unidentified woman with white cotton cap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk - design obliterated., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. Cornelius, Philada., Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso., Gift of Robert C. Langmuir, Jr.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
Date: 1841
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9081]

Title: [Portrait of a frowning, unidentified man with his right arm is resting on a table.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk. The date 1841 is barely visible on the silk., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. Cornelius, Philada., Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso., Loaned to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for an exhibition entitled Legacies of Light, May 26 - August 12, 1990.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
Date: 1841
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9104]

Title: [Three quarter length, seated portrait of an unidentified man in formal clothes, wearing a top hat and holding a cane in his left hand.]
Description: A column and drapery visible in background., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red silk. No design. Manuscript note: 1844., Mat: Rectangular., Case: Leather. Horizontal design of a bouquet of mixed flowers in a vase on a short pedestal within an oval. No design on verso., Gift of Mr. E. Perot Walker, May 23, 1980.
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.7]

Title: [Julianna Randolph Wood holding her baby daughter, Julia, on her lap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada., Case: Leather. No design. Manuscript note pasted on spine: Julia Wood... 12th, 1848., 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: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.12]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified bearded man with stickpin looking slightly to his right.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Date etched in plate., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon Phila., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Repetitive small geometric design.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: Apr. 29, 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8536]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man.]
Description: Waist-lenght portrait of a man wearing a jacket, vest, high-collared shirt, and large necktie., Title supplied by cataloger., Hand colored pink on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet. Floral design in center with floral scroll border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers and grapes within nonpareil border. Identical design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer., Marcus A. Root and his brother Samuel Root operated a New York City daguerreotype studio, 1851-1853.
Creator: M. A. & S. Root, photographers
Date: 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.17]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified older man, who is blind, facing slightly right]
Description: Half-length portrait depicting an older man, balding, and with long white hair tucked behind his ears. His right eye is shut and his left eye is clouded over. He is seated and holds a walking stick in his right hand. He wears a medium-colored overcoat, button-down vest, white shirt, and black cravat., Pad: None., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Lacking front cover. Octagonal shape within concentric circular patterns surrounded by scrolls., Purchased partially with funds for the Visual Culture Program.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unid. photo - unid. sitter - daguerreotypes [P.2019.7.1]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified, seated woman]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white woman seated on a chair. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, short-sleeved, silk dress with buttons down the bodice and a white lace collar, and black lace, fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. She rests her right forearm on a table covered in a patterned cloth. The sitter’s left hand is slightly clenched and rests on her lap. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and dates of operation of the photographer., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Attributed to McClees & Germon., Pad: Red velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather., Contains weeping glass deterioration., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished., Gift of Jane Hastings, 2011., James E. McLees (1821-1887) and Washington Lafayette Germon (1822-1877) operated as partners from 1846 to 1855 in Philadelphia.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – McClees & Germon [P.2011.56.3]

Title: [Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified, seated woman]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, seated white woman. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with ringlet curls at the sides of her face. She is attired in a lace cap, a white chemisette, and a dark-colored, long-sleeved, silk dress with a lace collar and cuffs. She also wears earrings, a ring on her right hand, and a cameo brooch and pocket watch chain that adorn her chest and waist, respectively. Gilt is applied to the photographic details of her earrings, ring, right cuff, cameo brooch, and pocket watch chain. She sits holding a card in her left hand on her lap. It is inscribed with the number, 50, which may signify the portrait is in honor of her 50th birthday. She rests her right arm on a cloth-covered side table in the left. Possibly her bonnet lies on top of the table. Her cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Gilt on sitter’s jewelry and card., Gift of Michael Zinman, 2016., Pad: Red velvet with a spray of flowers., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Case is shaped like a book with gilt edges and a spine labeled “Bijou.” Papier-mache, black lacquer with a spray of flowers made of mother of pearl inlay. Verso design composed of an ornamental scroll in gold, green, and red with a gold border., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2016.85]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man, posed slightly toward the left. Sitter has dark hair combed to the right and wears a chinbeard. He is attired in a white collared shirt and a dark-colored bowtie and jacket., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Gift of Michael Zinman, 2016., Pad: Red velvet with a decorative scroll in the center., Mat: Oval., Case: Case is shaped like a book with gilt edges and a spine labeled “Memorial.” Papier-mache, black lacquer with a spray of flowers made of mother of pearl inlay. Verso is black lacquer., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2016.86]

Title: [Bust-length length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, portrait of an unidentified white man, posed slightly toward the left. Sitter has dark hair, long sideburns, and facial hair on his jawline. He is attired in a top hat, a collared shirt, a patterned tie, and a jacket. His eyes look left., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Pad: Red velvet with a spray of flowers in the center., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Shield with granular ornamentation in the center surrounded by a border of filigree. Same design on verso.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2017.59]

Title: [Bust-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, forward facing portrait of a seated, white man. Sitter has dark hair, parted to the side and brushed back, and wears a mustache. He is attired in a white shirt with a high collar, a wide bowtie, a patterned waistcoat, and a jacket., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and address of photographer and dates of operation., Pad: Orange velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Chas. M. Ising Dag’ps. S.W. Cor. Of 8th & Arch Sts. Philada.” in the center and within an ornamental frame containing decorative flowers and leaves., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Cluster of grapes and other fruits, including a strawberry and pomegranate. Decorative leaves are in each corner. Same design on verso., Charles M. Ising operated from 8th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia between 1856 and 1857.
Creator: Ising, Charles M., photographer
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – Ising [P.2011.33]

Title: [Half-length length portrait of two young white men]
Description: Half-length portrait of two young white men seated and facing the viewer. In the left, the man has rosy cheeks and long, upswept dark colored hair and is attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a waistcoat with a watch chain that has a cross, a jacket, and pants. He rests his lightly close-fisted right hand on his knee while his left arm is draped behind the other man. In the right, the man has rosy cheeks and long, brush-backed, dark colored hair and is attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a waistcoat with a watch chain, a jacket, and pants. He rests his slightly curled hands on his lap., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and address of photographer and dates of operation., Pink tinting on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Van Loan Gallery, 159 Chesnut St., Philada” in the center and within an ornamental frame composed of filigree scrolls., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. The design of the case 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 in quantity. Geometric Celtic design on verso., Contains weeping glass deterioration., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished., Gift of Jane Hastings, 2011., Samuel Van Loan operated from 159 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia between 1852 to 1853.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: [ca. 1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – Van Loan [P.2011.56.2]

Title: [Bust-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, forward facing portrait of a white man. Sitter has dark hair, parted to the left with long sideburns. He is attired in a white shirt with a high collar, a broad bowtie, and a jacket., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date inferred from manuscript note enclosed in case: The property of Hannah W. Sterling, 1515 Arch St., Phila taken in 1845., Gift of David Doret., Pad: Red velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Root, 140 Chestnut St. Philada.” in the bottom edge of an ornamental frame composed of decorative scrolls. In the center, above photographer’s imprint, is a bouquet of flowers in a vase., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Bouquet of mixed flowers surrounded by an embossed border. Geometric design of interlocking circles with flower details in each corner and within a border of decorative scrolls on the verso., Marcus A. Root operated from 140 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia between 1845 and 1846.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: [ca. 1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2021.34.1]

Title: [Three-quarter length portrait of Frances W. Bruce]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing, seated portrait of Frances W. Bruce. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with ringlet curls at the sides of her face. She is attired in a dress made of a patterned fabric of decorative scrolls and with a white lace collar and cuffs. She wears two rings on her right hand. Sitter rests her right elbow on a tableclothed side table in the left. Her left hand rests on her lap and slightly clasps her right hand. Frances Wardale Bruce (1815-1892) was William Y. McAllister’s sister and spouse of physician George D. Bruce., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date and name of photographer from manuscript note on label attached to case: Frances Bruce, Feb. 1845., Pad: Red velvet., Mat: Octagon., Case: Leather. Bouquet of mixed flowers in a vase. No design on verso., William Y. McAllister was an optician and cane manufacturer in Philadelphia from 1845 to 1860.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896, photographer
Date: Feb. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos – McAllister [P.2021.37]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length portrait of a bearded man wearing a jacket, high-collared shirt, and necktie., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from attire of sitter., Pad: Red velvet with design in center., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mount: 685 Broa[ ]., Case: Thermoplastic. A small circle is within a larger circle on a diamond-patterned background. Larger circle is within a grid-patterned background. Same design on verso., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.1]

Title: [Ariovistus Pardee, Jr.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Pardee as a boy. He wears his hair long and below his ears. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket, white, high-collared shirt, and necktie. Pardee was a prominent Civil War Union officer celebrated for his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the son of Ariovistus Pardee, the founder of Hazleton, PA., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from inferred age of sitter., Plate tarnished around the edges., Pad: Red velvet with no design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No visible design., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.2]

Title: [Ariovistus Pardee, Jr.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Pardee as a boy. He wears his hair long and tucked behind his ears. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket, white, high-collared shirt, and necktie. Pardee was a prominent Civil War Union officer celebrated for his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the son of Ariovistus Pardee, the founder of Hazleton, PA., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from inferred age of sitter., Plate tarnished around the edges., Pad: Red velvet with no design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. A. Root, 40 Chestnut St., Philada., Case: Leather. Geometric pattern. Same design on verso. Front cover detached., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.3]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man, without his right eye, facing slightly right]
Description: Half-length, hand-tinted portrait depicting a man, with dark hair, cropped short on the top of his head, and longer and curled out near his ears. He misses his right eye and his right eye is slightly descended over the socket. He wears a dark-colored coat, V-neck, button-down vest, white shirt with high stiff collar, and black, horizontally-tied necktie with extended ends., Pad: None., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Lacking front cover. Filigree-like ornaments within octagonal shape surrounded by scrolls., Purchased partially with funds for the Visual Culture Program.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unid. photo. - unid. sitter - daguerreotypes [P.2019.7.2]

Title: [Three-quarter length portrait of a young boy]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of a young, white boy. The boy, with rosy cheeks, is attired in a brimmed hat decorated with a ribbon, as well as a long-sleeved shirt with buttons down the front, and pants. He has a slight frown to his expression. He stands with his right hand at his waist with his thumb hooked into his pants and his left hand resting on an object in front of him., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and address of photographer and dates of operation., Pink tinting on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “W & F Langenheim, 216 Chestnut St., Philadelphia” in the center and within an ornamental frame with decorative scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of various flowers surrounded by a border of vines and flowers. Wavy line design on verso., Contains weeping glass deterioration., Gift of Jane Hastings, 2011., The Langenheim firm operated from 216 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia in 1851.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – Langenheim [P.2011.56.1]

Title: [The Little Family]
Description: Arthur W. Little is holding his son, Arthur H. (3 1/2 years old) on his lap. His wife, Martha is holding their son, William A. (2 years old) who is sitting on a table. Both boys are wearing the same patterned clothes. Arthur Little was a successful Philadelphia silk goods merchant. Martha may be pregnant., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet embossed Root's Gallery 140 Chestnut St. Philada., Mat: Ornamented octagonal., Case: Leather. A small circle is within a larger circle. Both are enclosed within an ornamented diamond. Octagonal border. No design on verso. Accompanied by manuscript note: Taken about 1850. Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Little. & sons. Arthur H. 3 1/2 years. Wm. A. 2 [years]., LCP Annual Report for 1997, pgs. 47-48 for a description of this daguerreotype and information about Marcus A. Root, as well as conjecture of Martha Little's pregnancy.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9529]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman in a patterned dress with a child in her lap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded bugundy velvet. Urn in the center, large scrolls at corners., Mat: Modified nonpareil., Case: Leather. A young woman is in the center holding a large spray of flowers and leaves. Fancy scrolls are all around. Swirling lines on back. The design of the case is called Maiden with Cornucopia and is plate 163 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1851., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977., Reference: CRH/1978. Source to be identified.
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.6]

Title: [Gutekunst and Haldt family cased photograph collection]
Description: Collection of cased photographs of sitters related to cabinet maker Frederick Gutekunst, his son and photographer Frederick Gutekunst, and his son-in-law and photographer Jacob Haldt. Majority of the sitters (men, women, and children) are unidentified. Identified sitters include Frederick L. Gutekunst, and Katherine (Katie) Gutekunst, son and daughter of photographer Gutekunst, photographer Jacob Haldt, and Tomas Hernandes, “the friend who was with Mr. Peale since he came to Pto [ Puerto] Rico until the last moment.” Includes bust, half, three-quarter, and full-length portraits with sitters mostly posed seated. Many of the women sitters wear long-sleeved dresses with collars. Some images also include a scenic backdrop (P.2020.12.13) or depict props, including side tables and a book on which an unidentified girl leans as she sits on a table (P.2020.12.11). Also includes a daguerreotype depicting a woman holding a baby inscribed “Isaac, Mary Jane & Charles Burr” on verso of the plate., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and age and attire of sitters., Photographers include Frederick Gutekunst, Gutekunst & Bro., and Lemuel H. Purnell., Various-shaped mats, including oval, elliptical, double elliptical, square, and quarterfoil., Various colored pads, including red, purple, black, green, and maroon velvet, some with embossing. Embossings include photographer’s imprints and/or imagery. Imagery includes floral and ornament designs and scroll work., Leather and thermoplastic cases. Case designs vary, and include floral, ornament, emblem, geometric, and scroll designs. Designs also include a double-sided bookcase format as well as Seated woman holding child and pets, plate 30 and Berry motif, plate 99 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)., P.2020.12.2-3 and P.2020.12.6-9 contains daguerrean's imprint on pad., Several of the images contain weeping glass deterioration, tarnished plates, or other damage., Basic inventory of collection available at repository.
Date: [ca. 1850-ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos - Gutekunst and Haldt Family [P.2020.12.1-22]

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