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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
