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Title: [Mary Barnes Swift with her great nephew Robert J. Swift]
Description: Portrait of the photographer's mother with a young boy who may be her great nephew, Robert. The boy is leaning against the older woman who is holding his hand in her lap. She wears a patterned dress and an aporn., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet with geometric design., Mat: Modified nonpareil., Case: Leather. Mixed flowers within an ornate nonpareil like border. The design of the case is called Bouquet of Flowers and is plate 134 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, circa 1851. A different design with spray of flowers in a rectangular border is on verso., Accompanying manuscript note reads: Papa and Great grandmother Swift, born Barnes., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1851
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified seated bearded man, hands resting on his thighs.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched on top of sun. Embossed within two concentric circles forming the core of the sun: Evan's 380 Market St. Girard Row. Philada. Original Sun Beam., Mat: Double 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. 1851
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9957.2]

Title: [Martha Jane Gibson (later) Spencer, 1825-1901, as a young woman]
Description: Seated portrait of Gibson, hair parted in the middle, with her right arm resting on a table. She is wearing a white collar and cuffs., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Thermoplastic. Lacking cover. Geometric design. This design is #3-11 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. 92647: Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as Scarce. Printed paper label on case verso under image: Patent applied for., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.8b]

Title: [Julianna Randolph Wood and another unidentified woman with album.]
Description: Both women are seated at a table with their hands on an open large album. Wood is wearing a dark dress with a white collar and cuffs and a white lace cap. The other woman is resting her chin on her right hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded and torn red velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., 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. Probably taken at the same time as P.8926.6.
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.11]

Title: [Portrait of seated, unidentified woman, hair parted in the middle, with a white lace collar and cuffs on her dress.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with geometric design., Mat: Modified non pareil., Case: Green leather with fanciful gold stamped floral and leaf design with hand coloring. 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., See Henry B. Swift Research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.5]

Title: Elizabeth Swift Nixon
Description: Seated portrait of the photographer's sister resting her right elbow on a column. Her right hand is touching her cheek., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed : H. B. Swift, No. 312 Market Street., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Mixed flower design in a modified oval. Geometric design on verso., Accompanied by manuscript note: Great aunt Elizabeth Swift Nixon, wife of Rev. Henry Nixon & sister of H.B. Swift. Elizabeth Swift married Henry Nixon in 1852., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.3]

Title: [Hannah T. White and baby]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Within an oval is an interlocking geometric design.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.4]

Title: [Mary R. Housekeeper as a young child.]
Description: Mary sits on a square column in front of a painted landscape backdrop., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan Gallery 159 Chesnut St. Philada. Scrolled border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Spray of tulips within a nonpareil-like border. Scroll work all around. Geometric design on verso., Accompanied by manuscript note: Mary R. Housekeeper.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.12]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, bearded man in a light colored waistcoat.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded gold velvet with a geometric design in the center., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon Phila., Case: Leather. Delicate floral spray within a modified oval. Geometric designs all around. Same design on verso.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.3]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young boy, hair neatly combed, with a curl at each side.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet embossed Clemon's Gallery 516 N. 2nd St. Ab...Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. One rose in a spray within a scalloped border. No design on verso., This may be the same boy in P.9734.2.
Creator: Clemons, John R., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9734.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young boy, hair neatly combed, with a curl at each side.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet embossed Clemon's Gallery 516 N. 2nd St. Ab...Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. One rose in a spray within a scalloped border. No design on verso., This may be the same boy in P.9734.1.
Creator: Clemons, John R., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9734.2]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young woman dressed all in black, with a large black hat on her head tied in a big bow at the neck.]
Description: Pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Modified nonpareil., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Circle in center with a spoke at each corner. The design of the case is very similar to The Tangent Circle, plate 195 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Designated as uncommon, ca. 1852.
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.27]

Title: [Mary Wood, b. 1834]
Description: Bust length portrait. Wood wears a dark dress with a white collar and bodice. A brooch is pinned at the collar. Pale hand painted pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. Design is obscured., Mat: Oval., 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.8926.23]

Title: [Julianna Wood, aged 5 years, holding a doll in her right hand and pointing to a page in an open album on a table next to her.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks and on flowers on table., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. It is shaped like a book and is similar to Fig, 41 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) The case manufacturer is identified as H. A. Eichmeyer of Philadelphia., Accompanying manuscript note reads: Julianna Wood, aged 5 years., 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.8926.15]

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: [Mary Barnes Swift, 1795-1866]
Description: Portrait of the photographer's mother wearing a white lace cap and collar. She is looking slightly to her right., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet with geometric design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. A geometric design with a circle in the center surrounding a wheel of small leaves. Curved octagonal border. Same design on verso., Accompanying manuscript note: Mary Barnes Swift, mother of Hannah Swift Given (one of Henry B. Swift's sisters)., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.7]

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: [Vignette portrait of young woman in off the shoulder dress]
Description: Sitter's cheeks are hand-painted pink., Pad: Red with central floral design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon Phila., Case: Leather. Woman wearing feather headdress with bird perched on her upraised hand. The design of the case is called Oriental Lady with Falcon and is plate 4-47 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul Berg (Paul Berg, 1995). No design on verso.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.7]

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 a young man]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet. Embossed in center Reimer 617 N. 2nd St. Philada. Fancy scroll work all around., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design in center surrounded by fancy scrolls and swirls. Same design on verso.
Creator: Reimer, Benjamin, 1826-1899, photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.8]

Title: [Portrait of two seated men]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed with scrollwork., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: W. Dinmore Phila., Case: Leather. Geometric design in center surrounded by fancy scrolls and swirls. Same design on verso.
Creator: Dinmore, Walter, photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.9]

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 couple sitting side by side.]
Description: She is wearing a checked dress with a white collar. He is wearing a jacket with a velvet collar. Hand colored pale pink on their cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded tan velvet with a peacock in the center, and scrolls all around., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Two birds are over a basket of flowers, under a spray of water from a fountain. Scroll work all around. The design of the case is called Birds and the Fountain and is plate 93 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.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9491.9]

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: [Small bust length portrait of an unidentified young man with mustache and small beard.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. Patent July 4th & 11th 1854, Case: Leather. No design on front or back., Gift of Mr. E. Perot Walker, May 23, 1980.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.1]

Title: [Maria Conarroe, 1835?- 1906]
Description: Possibly portrait of Maria Conarroe as a young woman sitting demurely with her hands clasped in her lap. Her long hair is parted in the middle and pulled back. She is wearing an off the shoulder dress., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric scrolled design in center with geometric border., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Gutekunst & Bro. Patented July 4 & 11 54., Case: Leather. Geometric with cross hatch design. Different geometric design on verso with small oval in the center., See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Gutekunst & Bro., photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.7]

Title: [George M. Conarroe, 1831-1896.]
Description: Portrait of Conarroe with small mustache and small goatee. Hair curling on the side., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Gutekunst & Bro., 164 Arch St. Patented July 4 & 11 54., Case: Leather. Geometric design. Two concentric scalloped ovals. Same design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Gutekunst & Bro., photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.6]

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: [Portait of an unidentified, young woman wearing a dark dress with a white collar, with her left arm resting on a table beside her.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Very faded red velvet. Diamond design in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Leather. Leaves and flowers within concentric ovals. Scroll work all around. Same design on verso., Gift of Mr. E. Perot Walker, May 23, 1980.
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.2]

Title: [Double portraits of unidentified couple.]
Description: On the left a rather stern looking man, on the right a woman wearing a white cap and a shawl., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Gutekunst & Bro. Patented July 4 & 11 '54., Case: Double ambrotype case. Leather with a single large clasp. No design.
Creator: Gutekunst & Bro., photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8711]

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: Grandma Sailer
Description: Possibly Elizabeth Carson Sailer. Wearing a full skirted checked dress, Grandma Sailer is sitting primly with her right arm resting on a table and her left arm in her lap., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet with fancy border. Embossed in center Reimer 617 N. 2nd St., Philada., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Three concentric circles with geometric border. Same design on verso. Accompanied by manuscript note: Grandma Sailer., See Hormann collection folder.
Creator: Reimer, Benjamin, 1826-1899, photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9470.28]

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]

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