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- Title
- Sarah Wilkinson. Born Feb 15 1788. Married (John) Wm. Trautwine, Apr 27 1809 (Mother of John C. Trautwine, Civ. engr. March 30 1810 Died 1883) Died July 25 1855
- Description
- Trautwine is wearing a white cap and collar, and is holding a folded fan in her left hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Title from typed note pasted on verso of plate.
- Date
- ca. 1850
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.11]
- Title
- [Julianna Randolph Wood, 1810-1885.]
- Description
- Wood wears a black lace shawl over a ruffled dress, is seen in profile. She is seated, resting her left arm on an open book. Pale hand painted pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded dark red silk. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada., Case: Leather. (Design seems upside down.) A spray of roses and leaves. The design is similar, but not identical to, A Spray Of Roses, Variant plate 125 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) This design, with many variants, was produced in large quantity. Same design on verso., 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
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8928.2]
- Title
- [Portrait of two unidentified young girls.]
- Description
- One is standing with her right hand on the left shoulder of the seated girl. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle with outstretched wings on top. Embossed: S. W. Colton Sky Light Gallery 265 Race St. below 8th Phila. Pa. Daguerreotype galleries., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Three roses in a circle surrounded by scrolls and leaves. Same design on verso.
- Creator
- Colton, Sabine W., photographer
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9274.17]
- Title
- [George B. Wood, 1797-1879]
- Description
- Bust length portrait of Wood wearing a high white collar and a large black scarf ending in a big bow around his neck., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. A small circle is within a larger circle, both surrounded by a wavy design. A piece of blue leather not original to the case and without a design on verso., 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
- Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.3]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified, young man with sideburns and a short beard.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Van Loan., Case: Uncased.
- Creator
- Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1848
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.11]
- Title
- [Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, 306 Walnut St., Philadelphia.]
- Description
- View focuses on the entrance way showing four columns. Includes man standing at the base of a column., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with an oval design in the center, surrounded by leafy scroll work., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Geometric design with broken scrolls in the center surrounded by swirls. A leafy design is at each corner., See Board Report dated September 17, 1991 which describes the building in more detail. The architect was Thomas U. Walter
- Date
- ca. 1848
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9336]
- Title
- Hon. Morton McMichael
- Description
- McMichael is sitting on a high backed chair with patterned upholstery. The fingers of both hands are touching each other. He appears to be in his early 40's and is looking slightly to his left., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Manscript note on verso: Hon. Morton McMichael - Daguerreotype portrait taken about 1848., Morton was a Philadelphia editor and newspaper publisher. For additional biographical information about McMichael see LCP 1996 Annual Report, pp. 43-44, and research file.
- Date
- ca. 1848
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9506]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified man wearing a black satin vest with his left arm is resting on a book on a table.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Marston's, Case: Uncased.
- Creator
- Marston, Joseph, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1855
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.5]
- Title
- [Unidentified residence, Long Island, New York]
- Description
- View, taken through trees, focuses on the doorway of the frame house., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet . Urn with flowers in center. Scroll border., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. A large scalloped oval with an ornate scrolled border., See Board report of November 17, 1992. Mr. Dorman purchased this daguerreotype at Weschler's auction in Washington, D.C. in 1958., Gift of Charles Dorman, November 2, 1992.
- Date
- ca. 1855
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9403.2]
- Title
- North-east corner of Third & Dock Street. Girard Bank, at the time the latter was occupied by the military during the riots
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Small central circle surrounded by flowers and leaves within a larger circle. Circles surrounded by diamond shaped scroll pattern with additional scrolls at each corner. All within rectangular border. Photographer's blindstamp appears running vertically along the edge of the border nearest the clasps. No design on verso., Quarter of a Millennium #199., Gift of John A. McAllister., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 90., Arcadia caption text: This daguerreotype image is the earliest extant photograph of America’s oldest bank building. Constructed between 1795 and 1797 as the First Bank of the United States after designs by Samuel Blodget, Jr., the building still stands at 120 South Third Street. Photographers William and Frederick Langenheim captured this view of a crowd gathered in front of the bank, the temporary headquarters of the militia in the aftermath of anti-Catholic riots, on May 9, 1844, creating the earliest known Philadelphia “news” photograph.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim, photographer
- Date
- May 9, 1844
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [59541.D]
- Title
- [Double portraits of Caroline Wood and her mother, Julianna Randolph Wood in an oval brooch.]
- Description
- Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Engraved on verso: C. H. Wood, 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.
- Date
- 1848
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8971.1]
- Title
- Chestnut Street at Strawberry St. about 18[43]
- Description
- Title from manuscript note pasted to lower edge of case., Pad: Dark green velvet., Mat: Lacking mat., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of John Archibald McAllister., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Resealed by CRH [Christine Hindle] 1/79.
- Creator
- Mason, William G.
- Date
- ca. 1843
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Mason [59542.D]
- Title
- [Robert B. Davidson, 1808-1876.]
- Description
- Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia broker and recording secretary of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society. Davidson, attired in a white collared shirt, a black cravat, a waistcoat, and a dark colored jacket, faces slightly right. The Pennsylvania Colonization Society promoted Black American emigration to resolve the problem of race inequality and to dissolve the institution of slavery., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on paper label on verso of plate., Mounted in square ornamented brass frame with yellow painted borders., Manuscript note in pencil on verso: "7-6-37 #25" and "Robt. B. Davidson, 1838.", Purchase 1988., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cornelius operated the first commercial daguerreotype portrait studio in the United States.
- Creator
- Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, daguerreotypist
- Date
- May 1840
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - photographer - Cornelius [P.9251]
- Title
- [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
- Description
- Half-length portrait of an unidentified white man, slightly facing right. Sitter has dark-colored hair, combed and parted to the left, and is attired in a white shirt with a turned-up collar, a broad, black bowtie, and a black jacket. His 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 cheeks., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Mat: Oval. Stamped: McClees & Germon. Phila., 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.2017.57]
- Title
- [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
- Description
- Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man. Sitter wears a mustache and goatee and has dark-colored hair, combed and parted to the left. He is attired in a white shirt with a turned-up collar, a broad bowtie with polka dots, a patterned waistcoat, and a black jacket with a velvet collar and a pocket kerchief., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Mat: Double elliptical.
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2017.58]
- Title
- [Bust-length length portrait of an unidentified man]
- Description
- Bust-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man. Sitter has dark hair, combed and parted to the left, long sideburns, and a chinbeard. He is attired in white shirt with a turned-up collar, a patterned, broad bowtie, and a dark-colored jacket. His cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Daguerreotype in engraved pocket watch setting., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Mat: Oval., Case: Pocket watch case engraved with decorative scrolls.
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2017.60]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified young woman holding a daguerreotype]
- Description
- Three-quarter length portrait of a seated, young, white woman with brown hair. She rests an elbow on a book on a table beside her and holds a daguerreotype in her opposite gloved hand. She sits in front of a painted landscape backdrop depicting high cliffs near a body of water., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Faded rust colored velvet with an eagle at the top. Photographer's imprint: "Daguerreotype artist, Goodridge's Extra Sky- Light Gallery, York, Pa.", Mat: Brass nonpareil., Case: Leather. Within a nonpareil-like border, striated lines surround a geometric design in the center. Same design on verso. Front cover detached., See John Vincent Jezierski's Enterprising images: The Goodridge brothers, African American photographers, 1847-1922 (Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University, 2000) and "'Dangerous opportunity': Glenalvin J. Goodridge and early photography in York Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania history. (Spring 1997, vol. 64, no. 2), pp. 310-333 for additional information on Goodridge., Accessioned 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Goodridge, an African American daguerreotypist, ambrotypist, and photographer, operated a gallery in York, Pennsylvania from 1847 to 1862. He primarily produced daguerreotypes from 1847 to around 1855.
- Creator
- Goodridge, Glenalvin J., 1829-1867, daguerreotypist
- Date
- [ca. 1853]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Goodridge [P.9989]
- Title
- [Ralston family cased photograph collection]
- Description
- Collection of daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits, several by Norristown daguerreotypist William Stroud, portraying clergyman and founder of Oakland Female Institute James Grier Ralston, his wife Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston, their daughters, and his and his wife’s female siblings, and women teachers at the Institute. Contains bust-, half-, three-quarter, and full-length portraits of individual and pairs of sitters. Sitters are often seated, but a number of the portrait depicts sitters in a standing pose. The women’s and girl’s attire includes bonnets; off-the-shoulder bateau neckline dresses; high-neck, long-sleeved dresses with lace collars and cuffs; brooch and belt chatelaines; and earrings. Dresses worn by the female sitters are often a solid dark color, but occasionally are of a pattern design or light color. James Grier Ralston’s attire included broad bow ties, vests, jackets, and suits. Many of the images also contain props, including covered side tables, chairs, flowers, possibly an ambrotype, and a crumpled piece of cloth., Sitters in addition to James Grier Ralston and Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston include their daughters Anna Larimore Ralston, Ella Grier Ralston, Lilly Grier Ralston (who died at 11 months old), and Cora (Cara) Ralston; Institute music teacher Mrs. John Hunsicker, i.e., Fannie Henry Hunsicker (married by James G. Ralston); Mary’s sister and Institute graduate, Hetty Clark Larimore; and Institute teacher and sister of James, Agnes Caldwell Ralston; Institute graduate Martha (Mattie) Divine (Mrs. Fleming); and an unidentified woman., Posed portrait pairs include images of Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston and daughter Anna Larimore Ralston (P.2012.5.6) in which Anna sits in Mary’s lap with her mother’s hand on her head; and Anna Larimore Ralston and Ella Grier Ralston (P.2012.5.8) which Anna stands next to Ella who sits on a chair, while she rests her arm on a covered side table adorned with a basket of flowers; Anna Larimore Ralston and Fanny Hunsicker (P.2012.5.16) in which Fanny, seated, has her one hand at her hip and her other hand and arm around the waist of Anna who stands; and Hetty Clark Larimore and Mary Larimore Ralston (p.2012.5.17) in which the women are seated, side by side, and Hetty holds a bound object, possibly an ambrotype and Mary holds a crumpled white cloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and age and attire of sitters., Photographers include William Stroud (Norristown, Pa.) and Theodore L. Chase (Philadelphia, Pa.)., Various-shaped mats, including oval, elliptical, double elliptical, and non pareil., Various colored pads, including blue, red, and maroon velvet or silk, several with embossing. Embossings include photographer’s imprints and/or imagery. Imagery includes floral and geometric designs, scroll work, and eagles., Primarily leather cases, and one thermoplastic case. Case designs vary, but are predominantly rose and mixed flower designs, in addition to geometric, scroll, and quatrefoil designs. Designs also include Pressed Flower, plate 154; The Delicate Roses, variant, plate 123; A Spray of Roses, plate 131; Mixed Garden Flowers, plate 133; Two Lilies, variant, see plate 112 and 113 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)., Majority of sitters identified by accompanying slips of paper with manuscript notes., Several of the images contain pink tinting on the cheeks of the sitters., P.2012.5.4, P.2012.5.8, P.2012.5.11-15, P.2012.5.21 contains daguerrean's imprint on pad or inside rim of case. Various imprints include: William Stroud, Norristown; William Stroud's Skylight Gallery, Norristown, Pa.; Stroud’s Ambrotypes Norristown, Pa., P.2012.5.6 contains dagurrean's imprint on pad: Theodore L. Chase, N.E. cor. Chestnut & Fifth Sts., Fannie Henry Hunsicker was a woman of Chinese descent. Official records are conflicting as to whether she was born in China, at sea, or in Connecticut., Several of the images contain weeping glass deterioration, tarnished plates, or other damage., Inventory of collection available at repository., See Sarah Weatherwax, "Revealing the Ralston Family," The Daguerreian Society Quarterly (July-September 2021), p. 3-6., Clergyman James Grier Ralston (1815-1880) founded Oakland Female Institute in 1845 in Norristown, Pa. Ralston studied at the Theological Seminary at Princeton and headed the Female Seminary at Oxford, Chester Country, PA before establishing Oakland. He married Mary A. Larimore (1822-1891) in 1842 and they had four children Anna L. (1848-1902), Ella M.(1847-1924), Lillie G. (1852-1853) and Cara G. (1856-1928), with Lillie dying in infancy. Ralston’s children were educated and/or taught at Oakland, as did his sister Agnes C. Ralston. The Institute operated until 1880 and the death of Ralston
- Date
- [ca. 1845-ca. 1855]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos - Ralston Family [P.2012.5.1-22]
- 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.
- Title
- [Amos G. Dubree as a young man.]
- Description
- Portrait of a young, handsome Dubree looking slightly to his left. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Very faded red silk., Mat: Octagonal. Blue paper mat., Case: Leather. No design. Printed label with manuscript insertions (noted in brackets) on verso of plate: M[r. Amos G. Dubree]. Daguerreotyped [April 14] 184[6] by M.P. Simons, No. 120 Chestnut Street, below Fourth, south side, Philadelphia. Miniatures of all sizes, Family Groups, &c., taken in the most faithful manner. Oil Paintings and Pictures Of all kinds Copied and Colored in Imitation of the Original, upon the most reasonable terms. Addtional manuscript notes above and below label read Amos Dubree and John Dubree respectively., Dubree is listed in city directories in the late 1840s as a wood corder and later as a brushmaker. See Board Report, November 12, 1997. See also 1997 Acquisitions folder., LCP purchase.
- Creator
- Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
- Date
- April 14, 1846
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9560.1]
- Title
- Grandma Toppan
- Description
- Portrait of elderly woman looking slightly to her right. She is wearing a white lace cap tied under her chin., 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.
- Creator
- Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1841
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9137.5]
- Title
- Sally Shober Lewis and Mrs. Francis Gray of Boston
- Description
- Copy photograph of sentimental painted portrait of the two sisters by Alexander Gottfried, a Philadelphia portrait painter, dated 1855., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No design., Sitters were the great aunts of the donor, Mr. Pemberton H. Shober. Accession book entry reads: Daguerreotype of painting signed and dated 'Alexander Gottfried 1855.' See also portrait of Mrs. Wm. Geo. Spencer., Gift of Mr. Pemberton H. Shober, May 23, 1980.
- Date
- after 1855
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8515]
- Title
- [Julianna Randolph Wood holding her baby son Stuart.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. No design., Manuscript note in case reads "As you think about making this a little larger Mother & baby." Proably taken at the same time as P.8926.11., 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
- 1853
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.6]
- Title
- [Sallie Sherrel Bonnell Houston, 1829-1913]
- Description
- Portrait of Bonnell wearing a plaid dress with a white lace collar. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back widely from her face. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded gold colored velvet., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather, in the shape of a book. No design. See Fig. 42 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Stamped at bottom of inside front cover H. A. Eichmeyer. Patent Feb. 27, 1855. Henry Adolph Eichmeyer, of Philadelphia, was a case manufacturer., Filed under Eichmeyer. The portrait was taken at the time of her April 8, 1856 marriage to Henry Howard Houston (See P.8896 for a daguerreotype of Houston.) See Research File., Gift of Charlotte Dallett, great granddaughter of Sallie Bonnell, 2003.
- Date
- 1856
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2003.11.1]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified, pleasant looking young man.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: W. L. Germon. 168 Chest St Phila., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. No design.
- Creator
- Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer
- Date
- 1857
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.4]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified young woman, hair parted in the middle, wearing a big lace collar with a cameo pin at her neck.]
- Description
- Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Swirls in the center, and all around., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: W. L. Germon. 168 Chest St Phila., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers within an oval surrounded by a wreath. Nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso with a circle within an oval.
- Creator
- Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer
- Date
- 1857
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.1]
- Title
- [George Thompson, 1794-1876]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet with a small spray of flowers in the center and swirls all around. Note on pad reads George Thompson, brother of my grandfather, James B. Thompson - John T. Morris., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. A bouquet of mixed flowers in a modified octagonal border, with scroll work all around. Same design on verso., See the article 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) pgs. 210-221 for information about the Roberts and Thompson Families. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
- Date
- ca. 1845
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.2]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified elderly man, looking slightly to his left.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Large spray of mixed flowers and leaves. Butterflies at each corner. No design on verso., Originally part of the Powel Family Papers., Sitter might be Col. John Hare Powel (1786-1856).
- Date
- ca. 1845
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8421.F.1]
- Title
- [Julianna Randolph Wood in a dark dress, holding a daguerreotype portrait of a Richard D. Wood in her right hand.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. (Design is horizontal) A wavy spray of mixed flowers and leaves is in an oval. No design on verso., See P.8926.4 for the daguerreotype portrait of Richard D. Wood that Julianna holds in this image. 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.8926.10]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a plaid dress with a white scarf at the neck.]
- Description
- Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk. No design., Mat: Elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon Phila Cor. Chesnut & 8th, Case: Leather. Within a fancy nonpareil-like border is a spray of mixed flowers. No design on verso.
- Creator
- McClees & Germon, photographer
- Date
- 1851
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8637]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified man with a long, narrow face, wearing a high white collar and a wide black tie. ]
- Description
- Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with scroll border., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Housekeeper, 159 Chest St., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers in a nonpareil-like border. Same design on verso.
- Creator
- Housekeeper, Cheney H., photographer
- Date
- 1851
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9981.10]
- Title
- [Walter Wood as a young child.]
- Description
- Three year old Walter Wood, hair parted neatly on the side, is wearing checked pants and is looking straight ahead. His left arm is resting on a table on which there is a toy horse., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded and scratched purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. A floral spray with one rose and several buds within a border of scrolls and swirls. Geometric design on back. Manuscript note inside case reads: Walter Wood, 1852., 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
- 1852
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.16]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified woman holding a baby.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle at top, scroll work around. Embossed: Root, 140 Chestnut St., Philada., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. On front: One rose in center surrounded by leaves and other flowers within a nonpareil like border. On verso: A variation of the rose design within a fanciful nonpareil border.
- Creator
- Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1845
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.26]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified, older woman, wearing a white cap, looking slightly to her right.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design with F scrolls in center and interlocking scrolls at top and bottom. No design on verso., Originally part of the Powel Family Papers.
- Date
- ca. 1845
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8421.F.2]
- Title
- [Henry Howard Houston, 1820-1895]
- Description
- Portrait of Houston as a young man. He has a full head of hair, and is wearing a wide black tie. Houston was a prominent Philadelphia businessman with interests in railroads, shipping and oil. His real estate dealings led to the development of the Chestnut Hill neighborhood in Philadelphia., Previously attributed to Robert Cornelius. See Rachel K. Wetzel, "The Robert Cornelius Project: Formulating Attributions Through a Collaborative Research Process," Daguerreian Annual 2019, fig. 21., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Brown felt. Manuscript note under pad: Augusta, Georgia February 1840. Henry Howard Houston., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso., Reproduced in Robert Cornelius: Portraits from the Dawn of Photography by William F. Stapp (Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1983), plate 14. 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. 53., Gift of Mrs. James Dallett, 1981.
- Creator
- Mifflin, J. Houston (John Houston), 1807-1888, photographer
- Date
- 1841
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8896.1]
- Title
- [Stuart Wood as a young child.]
- Description
- Three year old Wood, hair parted neatly on the side, is looking straight ahead. His left arm is resting on a table, and he seems to be holding a hoop in his right hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded and scratched purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No design on front or back. Note inside case reads: Stuart Wood, about 1856., 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
- 1856
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.14]
- Title
- [Potrait of three sisters, Caroline, Mary, and Julianna Wood.]
- Description
- Studio portrait of three of the sixteen children of Richard and Julianna Randolph Wood. Shows the girls posed in a window frame with grape vines growing along thee edge. A strw hat hangs down in front of them., Daguerreotypist attribution based on use of window frame with creeping vine prop used by Samuel Broadbent's studio., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red 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.
- Creator
- Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.1]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified child.]
- Description
- She/he is holding an unidentifiable object in her hands. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with elongated geometric design., Mat: Nonpareil. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. N. Keely, 332 N. 2d St., Philada., Case: Leather. Two roses and other flowers within an oval in the center. Scrolls at the corners.
- Creator
- Keely, Robert N., photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.5]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified couple.]
- Description
- She is holding an unopened book in her right hand. He is holding his eyeglasses in his left hand. Hand colored very pale pink on cheeks of both sitters., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet. Large scrolled border. Embossed: S. G. Hewes., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within a nonpareil-like border. No design on verso., See 2000 LCP Annual Report, pp. 59-60., Reproduced in Sally Hewes, Female Daguerreotypist by Sarah J. Weatherwax in The Daguerreian Annual, 2002-2003, page 24., Reproduced in More Than "An Elegant Accomplishment": Sarah Garrett Hewes and Pennsylvania's Early Female Photographers by Sarah J. Weatherwax in Pennsylvania History, Autumn 2014, page 438. Reproduced in Samuel Broadbent, Daguerreian Artist in The Daguerreian Annual, 2001, page 142.
- Creator
- Hewes, Sally Garrett, d. 1853, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1850
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9833]
- Title
- Margot Griscom McCord Smith. Born Ap. 29, 1821 - Died Ap. 28, 1909. Grand niece of Elizabeth Griscom Ross (Betsy Ross)
- Description
- Three-quarter length portrait of Smith wearing a black cape, plaid skirt, and a lace cap tied under her chin. Her right arm is resting on a table, her left arm is on her lap. Her hair is in long curls. She is looking slightly to her right., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Leaves in an oval in the center. Fancy scrolled border., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical. Label on mat: Collins, Nos. 100 & 166 Chestnut St., Case: Leather. Geometric design with interlocking swirls. Same design on verso. Double clasp. Accompanied by manuscript note identifying sitter: Margot Griscom McCord Smith. Born Ap. 29, 1821 - Died Ap. 28, 1909. Grand niece of Elizabeth Griscom Ross (Betsy Ross)., Manuscript note on plate verso: Aged about 33 years. Smith was a charter member of the Flag House Chapter of the Daughters of American Revolution., For additional information about Margaret Smith, see research file, LCP Annual Report, 1993, pg. 42 and Board Report, 9/21/93.
- Creator
- Collins, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9421]
- Title
- [Caroline Wood in a plaid dress with scalloped white collar and a brooch.]
- Description
- Copy photograph. Detail of full plate portrait of Caroline with her two sisters, Mary and Julianna (see P.8926.21) in reverse. Very pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., 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. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.21]
- Title
- [E.O. Craven as a child, holding a basket of flowers.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, embossed "Ennis Gallery 106 Chestnut St. Philadelphia.", Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. One rose and one bud in a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso.
- Creator
- Ennis, Thomas L., photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8379.F]
- Title
- George English, grandfather of Annie E. Powell & great-great grandfather of Edgar W. Powell, Jr
- Description
- Seated, waist-length portrait of a middle-aged man resting one arm on a table. His body faces right, but his head is turned to look directly at the camera. He wears a jacket, vest, high-necked shirt, and checked trousers. In Philadelphia city directories in the early 1850s, the sitter, George English, was listed as a bricklayer., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet. Eagle in the center. Embossed: T. H. Newcomer, 316 N. Second St. Phila., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. One rose and several other flowers within a modified square border. No design on verso., Title from accompanying manuscript note.
- Creator
- Newcomer, T. H., photographer
- Date
- ca. 1853
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9669.16]
- Title
- [Seated portrait of an unidentified woman looking slightly to her right and wearing a small white collar.]
- Description
- Hand painted pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched in center. Embossed: Evan's 380 Market St. Philada., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed leaves and tiny flowers in a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso., Gift of Mr. E. Perot Walker, May 23, 1980.
- Creator
- Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.5]
- Title
- [Unidentified family portrait including three women of various ages, a young girl and a baby.]
- Description
- Pale hand colored pink on cheeks. Possibly depicts four generations., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet embossed Van Loan's Gallery 118 Chestnut St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within an octagonal border. No design on back.
- Creator
- Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1850
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8640]
- Title
- [Unidentified man with mustache, in profile with high white collar and cravat.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, embossed Bailey, 198 Chesnut St. Philada. Eagle embossed at top, scroll work on three sides., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves, with one rose in the center, a bird sitting on one stem, all within a nonpareil-like border. No design on verso., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
- Creator
- Bailey, Jason, fl. 1853-1855, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.5]
- Title
- [Portrait of two siblings, Gilbert Livingston Bishop and Susan Holmes Bishop, as children.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Stained red silk. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers, scroll border. Same design on verso., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Conarroe Family Collection [8259.F.8]
- Title
- [Portrait of a sober looking, unidentified, woman wearing a checkered dress and white cap.]
- Description
- Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. N. Keely, 332 N. 2d St., Philada., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. A large bouquet of mixed flowers within a large oval. This design is similar to the Flower Medallion plate 135 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.)
- Creator
- Keely, Robert N., photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.6]
- Title
- [Balding man, possibly Frederick Klett, Jr.]
- Description
- Hand colored pale pink on cheeks. Possibly Frederick Klett, Jr., partner in Potts & Kletts of Camden, N.J. Kletts was the son of Frederick Klett, a founder of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded velvet, embossed Bailey 198 Chesnut St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers within a double oval. Same design on verso.
- Creator
- Bailey, Jason, fl. 1853-1855, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9956.1]
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified young man wearing a tan waistcoat, looking to his right, with his right arm is resting on a table.]
- Description
- Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Urn of flowers in center surrounded by leaves., Mat: Elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Marsters Balto., Case: Leather. Small spray of mixed flowers within an oval surrounded by a square border. Same design on verso., Gift of Mr. E. Perot Walker, May 23, 1980.
- Creator
- Marsters, Joseph D., photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.4]