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]
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.
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval, Case: Leather. In a scalloped oval, within a larger oval, are several bunches of grapes. Scrolled border. Same design on back., Accompanied by manuscript note: Ambrotype of the farm at Marcus Hook known as the 'Magee Farm' taken by James F. Magee [on] Saturday, August 13th 1859., See Magee research file for biographical information about James F. Magee. Also see Board report dated April 29, 2002 regarding the aquisition of these ambrotypes.
Creator
Magee, James Francis, 1834-1903, photographer
Date
August 13, 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2002.22a&b]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Portrait of a serene woman, hair parted severely in the middle. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. No design.
Creator
Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date
1857
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.18]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Her hair parted severely on the middle. She is wearing a short black jacket with embroidered edges over a white blouse, and a checked shirt. Her left arm is resting on a table. Drapery is visible. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with a geometric design of large and small scrolls., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Thermoplastic. Geometric design. A ten point star is surrounded by coiled scrolls within an oval. Same design on verso. This design is #3-74 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. : Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as common. The design of the case is called Ten Point Star and is plate 200 American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Uncommon, circa 1856. The case maker was Samuel Peck and Co. Die-engraver was J. Smith.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8647 ]
Portrait of the photographer's mother wearing a dark dress with a white lace cap and collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval (black backing is missing, so image appears three dimensional.), Case: Leather. Originally in the shape of a book. Lacking both cover and back. Spine stamped in gold., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator
Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.6]
Baby's left arm resting on the arm of the chair. She (?) is wearing a big white dress and has a necklace aroung her neck. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented nonpariel., Case: Uncased.
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8680.4]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Sheaf-like design in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric circular design in center, fleur de lys at corners, half circles at top, bottom and sides.
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9026.4]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
One is standing, resting her right arm on the shoulder of the other who is seated. Possibly sisters., 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.
Creator
Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8951]
Her short hair parted in the middle, hands clasped in her lap. She is wearing a dark dress with big, full sleeves, and has a black choker at her neck. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Uncased.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8680.3]
Seated portrait of either young Joseph or William Francis. His left arm is resting on a table, and his right arm is on his lap., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet., Mat: Double elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. 250 Chestnut St. Patented July 4 & 11 1854., Case: Leather. Small urn with flowers in center. No design on verso. Manuscript note pasted on verso: Joseph or William Francis.
Creator
Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8639]
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]
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]
Woman is wearing a patterned dress with a white collar and a brooch at the neck. Her hair is parted severely in the middle and she is wearing earrings. The little girl is standing next to her, resting her right hand on the woman's lap. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design in center with a wide scrolled border., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design in center with swirls. Same design on verso.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9025.39]
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]
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]
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]
The man on the left is wearing a checked vest and has his arm aroung the man on the right., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Small urn with leaves in center, scrolled border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric diamond design in the center, with scrolled border. Same design on verso. Opens horizontally.
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9025.37]
Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with scrolls at each corner. Embossed in center Rehn's National Gallery 267 North Second St. above Callowhill Phila., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within a nonpareil-like border. No design on verso.
Creator
Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date
ca. 1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.6]
A stern, frowning Good is wearing a tight fitting dark dress with a white bodice, a white lace bonnet, and patterned shawl. Painted backdrop of wooded landscape., Daguerreotypist attribution based on painted backdrop employed by Samuel Broadbent., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design with a lyre like design in center., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. A spray of roses in a modified nonpareil border. The design of the case is called A Spray of Roses and is plate 131 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) One of the most popular case designs in the early 1850's. Variants were made by a number of casemakers., Accompanying manuscript note reads: Miriam Good. She was the wife of Ziba Pyle and mother of Elizabeth Good Pyle who married Thomas Williams. Taken about 1850., 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.
Creator
Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date
ca. 1851
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.7]
Portrait of Wood, probably about 5 years old, standing in front of a studio backdrop. She is holding a purse on her right arm, and is holding onto a chair with her left hand. A purse and a bonnet rest on the chair beside her. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded purple velvet. Leaf design in an oval surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Nonpareil. Photographer's imprint: Collins, 3d & Chestnut., Case: Thermoplastic. A clover shaped design is in an oval in the center, fancy scrolls and shells form the border. 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
Collins, photographer
Date
ca. 1852
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8971.2]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet with geometric design and scroll border., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Langdon, Phila., Case: Leather. A modified quatrefoil with a small floral spray. Same design on verso.
Creator
Langdon, William F., photographer
Date
ca. 1852
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9831.1]
Portrait of Jones, a Salem County, N.J. famer, as a young man. He is wearing a wide black tie and a white collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Date inferred from photographer's years of operation at address in imprint stamped on mat., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: W.L. Germon 168 Chest St Phila., Case: Leather. Small vase of flowers in the center surrounded by ornate decorations. The design of the case is called Flower Vase Motif and is plate 146 in American Miniature Cast Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersy: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969) Very rare, ca. 1852. The die-engraver's name is below the design in reverse, and reads A[nthony] C. Paquet. Geometric design on verso., Accompanied by paper label identifying sitter. See Jones Research File (Collection) and Board Report, September 16, 1997., LCP purchase.
Creator
Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer
Date
[ca. 1856]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Germon [P.9530]
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: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed leaves and flowers in a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso.
Creator
Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860, photographer
Date
ca. 1851
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9568.2]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
