In Smith, John Jay, ed. Letters of Doctor Richard Hill and his children (Philadelphia, 1854), plate preceding p. 437., Waist-length portrait of Margaret Morris Collins., "Aet. 19"., Mrs. Collins, the daughter of Mrs. Margaret Hill Morris, was of prominent Quaker lineage, belonging to the Hill, Lloyd, Moore, and Morris families of Philadelphia.
In Priere (New Orleans, La., 1851), cover vignette., “A Mademoiselle Sallie R. Price”., Full-length portrait of a young woman on her knees praying to a statue of the Virgin Mary; the dedicatee, Sallie R. Price, married Ludovic Hanau, the author of the song Priere, which expresses the hope that the Virgin Mary will watch over the couple.
Bust-length portrait of Mrs. Lamar, wearing a beaded sautoir over her left shoulder., In Smith, John Jay, ed. Letters of Doctor Richard Hill and his children (Philadelphia, 1854), plate preceding p. 45., Mrs. Lamar was the second daughter of physician Richard Hill and of prominent Quaker lineage, belonging to the Hill, Lloyd, and Moore families of Philadelphia., “Mary married Thomas Lamar, and had no child, and I know little of her character or her history farther than that she was a woman of the world, fond of high life, &c., and what the letters reveal.”--P. xvii.
Waist-length portrait of Cornelia, seated, with shawl around shoulders., In Lee, Henry W. Cornelia, or, the Deaf mute (Rochester, 1853), frontispiece., Miss Cornelia Lathrop, born deaf, attended the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb where she learned how to read and write. She died at age seventeen due to complications from the measles.
In Phelps, A.C. Life of Christ and other poems (Boston, 1852), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Adalisa [sic] Cutter Phelps., Waist-length portrait of the writer, with an open book nearby.
Bust-length portrait of Mrs. Scott, wearing a necklace and earrings, and holding a child., In Smith, John Jay, ed. Letters of Doctor Richard Hill and his children (Philadelphia, 1854), plate preceding p. 115., Mrs. Scott was the fourth daughter of physician Richard Hill and of prominent Quaker lineage, belonging to the Hill, Lloyd, and Moore families of Philadelphia., “Harriett married John Scott, and had one daughter, Mary, who died young, and a son, John -- called Jock in the letters -- who grew up and held an official appointment in India; he died about the same period with his widowed mother. She seems to have been an affectionate, timid, and sorrowful woman; her married life, entered upon without her father’s consent, was not entirely happy; her husband was much older than herself.”--P. xvii-xviii.
Full-length portrait of the young girl in color, wearing a white dress with large red sash and flowers in hair. Seated on grass, amidst trees and flowers, with a large brown dog., In Southgate, F. Affection schottisch (Baltimore, 1858)., “To Miss Georgiana Smith of Boston”.
In Summary of the transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, vol. 3 (1850), plate opposite p. 93., “Ruth Tucker, a large and healthy negro woman, aged twenty-four, was admitted into the Pennsylvania Hospital in January last, on account of tumours developed in the lobe of each ear. She stated that between five and six years before, she had her ears pierced, and that soon afterwards brass rings were inserted into them…. Some swelling had already shown itself around the punctures before they were taken out … and gave origin to the tumours, which had continued since slowly to enlarge.”—P. 93., Waist-length portrait of Ruth Tucker, a patient whom Dr. George W. Norris treated for tumors on her ears.
In Gilbert, A. Memoir of Frances Wright (Cincinnati, 1855), frontispiece., Facsimile signature: Frances Wright., Three-quarter length portrait of the writer, seated at a table, holding a rolled document; a book and pens nearby., Another portrait appears in Illustrated news, vol. 1, no. 3 (Jan. 15, 1853), p. 45.
Shoulder-length portrait of the writer wearing a bonnet and eyeglasses., In Wyatt, Sophia. The autobiography of a landlady of the old school, with personal sketches of eminent characters, places, and miscellaneous items (Boston, 1854), frontispiece., Mrs. Wyatt operated a hotel with her husband in New Hampshire and traveled extensively throughout the country in the early 19th century. As a young woman she worked as a schoolteacher.
