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Title: Mrs. Isaac Lea
Description: Hand colored portrait of Frances Carey Lea, wife of Isaac Lea. She wears grey dress with lace and velvet trim and a close fitting bonnet decorated with lace and blue ribbons. She wears a brooch at her neck., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Case: Uncased., Manuscript note on verso: Mrs. Isaac Lea., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, May 1996.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9514.1]

Title: [Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Livingston Bishop at Horse Shoe Falls, Niagara Falls.]
Description: She is seated with her husband, in top hat and frock coat, is standing next to her on the edge of the falls., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Manuscript note on verso: Mr. & Mrs. G.L.B. Horse Shoe Falls. Canadian Side, June 7th 1869. Typed note taped on verso: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Livingston BIshop taken June 71th 1869. G.L.B. - 1845-1926. Mrs. G.B.L. 1840-1921., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Date: June 7, 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Conarroe Family Collection [8259.F.9]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea, 1797-1877]
Description: Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Lea wearing a heavy robe. Her hands are resting on her lap. Wide curls frame her face. She is wearing two caps, one white, the other black., This small tintype is in a mourning envelope and is inserted in the case with the ivorytype of Elizabeth Lea (P.2006.32.9). Biographical notes are inserted in the case (P.2006.32.9)., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.8]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea, 1797-1877]
Description: Bust-length hand tinted portrait of Elizabeth Lea facing very slightly left. Her white hair is styled with wide curls on either side of her face. Her lace cap is untied and the ends are resting on her shoulders., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Full plate size leather with a diamond geometric design in the center. Same design on the back., Biographical notes about and tintype of Lea (P.2006.32.8) in mourning envelope included in case. The Wenderoth, Taylor and Brown Fine Art Studio was at 912-914 Chestnut St. 1864-1866., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator: Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.9]

Title: [Isaac Lea, 1792-1886]
Description: Bust-length, hand-tinted portrait of a rather stern Isaac Lea facing very slightly left. He is wearing eye glasses. His white hair is neatly combed, and his sideburns come down to form a short beard under his chin., Pad:Deep burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Full plate size leather. No design., See Research File for biographical information about Isaac Lea. The Wenderoth, Taylor and Brown Fine Art Studio was at 912-914 Chestnut St., Philadelphia in 1864-1866., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator: Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.11]

Title: [Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning unidentified woman family member portrait]
Description: Half-length portrait. Shows the woman, her hair parted in the middle, and pulled back and attired in a long-sleeved dark dress adorned with a white collar and buttons down the bodice. Sitter also wears drop earrings., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note on detached label., Accompanied by detached photographer's label., Removed to Print Department from Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Object Collection., See Lib. Company Annual Report, 1991, p. 26-31., Gift of descendants Cordelia H. Brown, Lillie V. Dickerson, Mary Hinkson Jackson, and Georgine E. Willis in honor of Phil Lapsansky., See LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 45., Genealogical charts available at repository., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points reviewed 2022.
Creator: Fenton, J., photographer
Date: Summer 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Portrait Collection [P.2012.37.4]

Title: [Unidentified African American woman]
Description: Near full-length portrait showing an African American woman attired in a narrow-brimmed, high-domed, ornamented bonnet; dark-colored, button-down shirt waist; and white skirt with ruching at the hips. A broach with a four-leaf clover detail adorns her collar. She stands between a post to her right and a stringy, hay bale-like prop to her left. She rests her left hand on the prop and holds a parasol perpendicular to the floor in her right. A photographer's head clamp is positioned to the left of the post and a backdrop illustrated with an outdoor setting is visible in the background. The studio is partially visible in the left of the image., Title supplied by cataloger., Accompanied by detached photographer's label (P.2017.14.4b)., Date inferred from "N.B." on photographer's label., Description and access points reviewed 2022.
Creator: Fenton, J., photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department tintypes - photographer - Fenton [P.2017.14.4a&b]

Title: Randolph S. Foster, 1820-1903
Description: American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church., American Celebrities Album.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.20c]

Title: Rev. Alexander Crummell
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Rev. Crummell, the African American Episcopal priest, educator, missionary, and Black nationalist. Crummell is attired in his clerical robes, over a vest, long sack coat, and trousers. He wears eye glasses, a beard, and holds his right hand up to his chest, holding what is possibly a pipe. Crummell, born in New York and the first African American graduate of the University of Cambridge, lived as a missionary and educator in Liberia between 1853 and 1873. He returned to the U.S. and located to Washington, D.C. where in 1875 he and his congregation founded St. Luke's Episcopal Church, the first independent Black Episcopal church in the city. He spoke before the "Philadelphia Library Company" in St. Thomas's Episcopal Church about "The Natives of Africa, their Habits, Customs, Religion, and Characteristics" on December 10, 1861. Presumably, the portrait photograph was taken around this time., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel, Nineteenth-Century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), 9., Originally part of a McAllister Scrapbook of Portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Gutekunst, a premier Philadelphia photographer, in business from 1860 until 1917, was known as a specialist in portraiture and celebrity portraiture.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Crummell [5750.F.122]

Title: Roger Atkinson Pryor, 1828-1919
Description: Justice N.Y. supreme court, newspaper founder., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.31a]

Title: David Paul Brown
Description: Full-length portrait of the Philadelphia lawyer, orator, dramatist, and a president of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society. Brown, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, jacket, pants, and shoes, stands facing slight left near a drape, urn, and balustrade., Title and date from manuscript note on verso: David Paul Brown. Taken 1861; Wm Rawle Brown., Purchased 1994., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits-sitter-Brown [P.9459.1]

Title: Parson Brownlow
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of William Gannaway Brownlow, the Tennessee journalist, itinerant preacher, and politician. Brownlow, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a patterned waistcoat, a black jacket and pants, sits on a wooden chair looking slightly left with his right hand tucked in his waistcoat and a newspaper in his lap. Brownlow, although an advocate of slavery, actively opposed Southern secession and was subsequently exiled from the Confederacy during the Civil War., Accessioned 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Gutekunst, a premier Philadelphia photographer, in business from 1860 until 1917, was known as a specialist in portraiture and celebrity portraiture.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Brownlow [P.9896]

Title: [Parson William Gannaway Brownlow]
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of the Tennessee journalist, itinerant preacher, and politician. Brownlow, attired in white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a patterned waistcoat, and a dark-colored suit, sits with his right hand tucked in his waistcoat. In the right is a side table covered in a patterned tablecloth with a book on top. In the background is a floral patterned drape. Brownlow, although an advocate of slavery, actively opposed Southern secession and was subsequently exiled from the Confederacy during the Civil War., Title supplied by cataloger., Dated based on the presented age of the sitter., Accessioned 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Photographs-Misc.-B [P.9901]

Title: [Lucretia Mott]
Description: Three-quarter length portraits of the Quaker abolitionist and reformer. Mott, attired in a white cap, a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress, and a white shawl, is seated on a wooden chair with an ornate back beside a drape with tassels., Title supplied by cataloger., Date based on presented age of sitter., Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs-M [P.9679]

Title: [Lucretia Mott]
Description: Three-quarter length portraits of the Quaker abolitionist and reformer. Mott, attired in a white cap, a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress, and a white shawl, is seated on a wooden chair with an ornate back beside a drape with tassels., Contains third partial photographic print upper left corner., Title supplied by cataloger., Date based on presented age of the sitter., Probably from a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs-M [8313.F.96c]

Title: [Millie and Christine McCoy]
Description: Full-length portrait of the African American women conjoined twins and performers known as the "two-headed nightingale" and "Carolina twins." The twins wear their hair parted in the middle and in curls and with floral hair adornments at their crowns. They are attired in short-sleeved dresses with lace trim and black boots with heels. They also wear bracelets. They stand posed in front of a balustrade and beside a guitar and arranged branches. They were born in Whiteville, North Carolina on July 11, 1851, to Jacob and Monemia McKoy who were enslaved to Jabez McKay. Various enslavers and managers exhibited the twins nationally and internationally. They performed at the Assembly Building in Philadelphia in May 1866 accompanied by the 15 year old master pianist, J.W. Minnick., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., History and medical description of the two-headed girl:...(Buffalo, N.Y.: Warren, Johnson, & Co., 1869). (LCP Am 1869 Hist, 70318.D)., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Germon was a Philadelphia engraver and early photographer who produced photographic portraits at his studio, the "Temple of Art."
Creator: Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Millie [P.9790]

Title: [Millie and Christine McCoy]
Description: Full-length portrait of the African American women conjoined twins and performers known as the "two-headed nightingale" and "Carolina twins." The twins wear their hair parted in the middle and in curls and with floral hair adornments at their crowns. They are attired in short-sleeved dresses with lace trim and black boots with heels. They also wear bracelets. They stand posed in front of a balustrade and beside a guitar and arranged branches. They were born in Whiteville, North Carolina on July 11, 1851, to Jacob and Monemia McKoy who were enslaved to Jabez McKay. Various enslavers and managers exhibited the twins nationally and internationally. They performed at the Assembly Building in Philadelphia in May 1866 accompanied by the 15 year old master pianist, J.W. Minnick., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., History and medical description of the two-headed girl:...(Buffalo, N.Y.: Warren, Johnson, & Co., 1869). (LCP Am 1869 Hist, 70318.D)., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Germon was a Philadelphia engraver and early photographer who produced photographic portraits at his studio, the "Temple of Art."
Creator: Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Millie [P.9790]

Title: [Unidentified African American man in militia uniform]
Description: Full-length portrait photograph by African American photographer Gallo W. Cheston depicting an African American man in a light-colored militia uniform. The man stands, turned slightly toward the right. He holds a long rifle in front of himself with his gloved hands. His left foot is slightly in front of his right. His uniform includes a Shako cap; jacket with epaulettes, buttons, and service stripes; shoulder strap marked "4"; belt; and pants with a dark vertical stripe down the leg. The tip of a rifle and holster is seen below his back. Portrait also includes, to the man's left, a pulled-back drape propped up on a pedestal. Following the Civil War and during Reconstruction (1865-1877), several African American militia units formed, particularly in the South., Title supplied by cataloger., Name of photographer from photographer's label pasted on verso: Cheston's 227 Lombard St., between 2d and 3d, Philadelphia. All the various styles of pictures known to the art, made in a manner as near perfection as possible; and all Improvements or additions introduced as soon as made and perfected. Your patronage is solicited. N. B. Old pictures copied to any size, in an artistic manner., Date inferred from tenancy of the photographer at the address listed on his label pasted on verso., Photograph mounted on board, rounded at the corners, and with a printed oval-shaped, frame-like border surrounding the image. Border adorned with ornaments and filigree., Photograph altered with ink and watercolor details highlighting parts of the sitter's uniform, including his cap, epaulettes, service stripes, shoulder strap, belt, and buttons, as well as his eyes, eyebrows, and sideburns. The pull of a drape included in the studio setting is also hand colored., Purchased in part with the Davida T. Deutsch African American History Fund., Description reviewed 2022., Access points revised 2022., Gallo W. Cheston (ca. 1846-1882) served as a private of the Pennsylvania National Guard 1871-1873.
Creator: Cheston, Gallo W., approximately 1846-1882, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - photographer - Cheston [P.2018.3]

Title: 2 headed girl, Millie Crissie
Description: Full-length portrait of the African American women conjoined twins and performers known as the "two-headed nightingale" and "Carolina twins." The twins wear their hair in chin-length pin curls and are attired in an off-the shoulder, short-sleeved, light-colored, calf-lengthed dress, black boots, and crown-shaped headpieces adorned with stars. Millie (left) holds a newpaper to her side in her left hand. Christine (right) holds a book in her hands in front of her. They stand, looking toward the viewer, and posed in front of a backdrop depicting a window view. The feet of a posing stand are visible behind their feet. Millie and Christine were born in Whiteville, North Carolina on July 11, 1851, to Jacob and Monemia McKoy who were enslaved to Jabez McKay. Various enslavers and managers exhibited the twins nationally and internationally. In 1870, the sisters traveled and performed throughout the midwest., Title from item., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Contains semi-legible printed ink transfer in upper edge of image., See History and medical description of the two-headed girl:...(Buffalo, N.Y.: Warren, Johnson, & Co., 1869). (LCP Am 1869 Hist, 70318.D)., RVCDC, John H. Fitzgibbon was a St. Louis photographer who began as a daguerreotypist. He operated from 116 North Fourth Street between 1866 and 1876 before founding the journal, "The St. Louis Practical Photographer and Illustrated Monthly Journal."
Creator: Fitzgibbon, John H., 1816?-1882, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Millie [P.2023.28]

Title: Fannie Lawrence
Description: Full-length portrait of the acclaimed girl emancipated from enslavement. Freed in Virginia by military nurse Catherine S. Lawrence, Fannie was publicized as the "redeemed slave child" baptized by Henry Ward Beecher at age five at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn in May 1863. Depicts Lawrence, dressed in a fancy hat and cape, leaning against a balustrade., Probably by Boston photographer James Wallace Black., Title from manuscript note on verso., Dated based on the presented age of the sitter., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September, 1985), p. 187-210., Purchase 1987., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Lawrence [P.9194]

Title: [Mary Elizabeth Garesche and child]
Description: Lovely portrait of Garesche turned slightly to her left with a white lace bonnet tied under her chin. She is cradling her daughter in her arms. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. Floral design in center, fanciful scrolls all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. Floral spray within a curved octagon. Ornate scrolls work all around. Same design on verso., Gift of Mrs. Custus B. Swope, December 31, 1979., Reproduced in Samuel Broadbent, Daguerreian Artist in The Daguerreian Annual, 2001, page 145.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8510 ]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea Jaudon Bakewell, aged 42.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Ivory silk. Stamped on pad: Suddards & Fennemore 820 Arch St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval dark purple velvet., See also 8326.F.21. See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Suddards & Fennemore, photographer
Date: 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.22]

Title: [Vignette portrait of an unidentified woman, hair parted in the middle, wearing a brooch.]
Description: Sitter's cheeks are hand-painted pink., Pad: Green velvet embossed Willard No.1628 Market St., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather with no design., P.8638 may be the same sitter.
Creator: Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.5]

Title: [Vignette portrait of an unidentified woman, hair parted in the middle]
Description: Sitter's cheeks are hand-painted pink., Pad: Dark purple Willard No.1628 Market St., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather with no design.
Creator: Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.6]

Title: [Group portrait of three seated women and two seated men]
Description: Pad: Red velvet. Quatrefoil design in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical., Case: Leather. Design is called The Cross Patee, Variation and is plate 53 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity ca. 1862. Same design on verso., Paper label behind plate: S. J. E. H. I.
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.10]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman looking slightly to her left.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval thermoplastic. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves, with one prominent rose. Same design on verso., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.20]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman, hair parted in the middle, wearing a white blouse with a black satin bow at the neck.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.15]

Title: [George Henry Lea, 1853-1915]
Description: Portrait of Lea as a young man, hair parted neatly on one side, looking quite serious., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Royal blue velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Oval thermoplastic. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves, with one prominent rose. Same design on verso. This design is called Bunch of Flowers and is #2-109 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. : Huntington Valley Press, 1995.)., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.19]

Title: [Gilbert Livingston Bishop as a young man.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet with a geometric design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Oval thermoplastic. Geometric design. This design is #3-438 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. Same design on verso., Accompanied by typed note: Gilbert Livingston Bishop, 1845-1926., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Conarroe Family Collection [8259.F.3]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman, hair parted severly in the middle, wearing a brooch.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Willard No.1628 Market St. Geometric scrolled border., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. A short urn with stylized leaves within a fancy scrolled border. Same design on verso., P.2005.1.5 may be the same sitter.
Creator: Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8638]

Title: [Double portraits of an elderly unidentified man and woman.]
Description: Man is on the left, seated in an ornamented chair, arms resting on the chair arms. He is wearing a black suit with a satin vest. Woman is on the right, sitting on the edge of the chair, holding a cane in her left hand. She is wearing a white cap tied under her chin, and a large white bib collar., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. No design., Photographer's business card located behind the portrait of the woman. Advertises "P.F. Cooper's Photographing Rooms, all on ground floor, at 1338 Chestnut Street, opposite U.S. Mint, Philadelphia" and describes the photographer's areas of specialization., Gift of Gordon Marshall, October 2, 1976.
Creator: Cooper, Peregrine F., photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [66530.D]

Title: [Portrait of a seated, unidentified young man, hands resting in his lap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded gold colored velvet with border of leaves and scrolls., Mat: Oval with military ornamentation., Case: Leather. Within a double elliptical border is a design with curled loops with a diamond in the center. Same design on verso.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9491.4]

Title: [Portrait of Charles Sailer in his Civil War uniform.]
Description: Pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Very faded and brittle orange velvet with geometric design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within several concentric ovals. Same design on verso. Accompanied by manuscript note: Charles Sailer, Mother's brother.
Date: ca.1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9470.27]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea Jaudon Bakewell, aged 42.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Ivory silk. Manuscript note: January 1870. Aged 42., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval dark purple velvet., See also 8326.F.22. See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Suddards & Fennemore, photographer
Date: January 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.21]

Title: D.P. Brown
Description: Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia lawyer, orator, dramatist, and a president of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society. Brown, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, sits facing slightly left., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on depicted age of the sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINTS cdv portraits - sitter - Brown [(1)5750.F.59e]

Title: Anna Maria Jaudon, 1795-1870
Description: Small bust-length portrait of Anna Maria Jaudon., Pad: Bright purple velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Oval thermoplastic with elaborate floral design in center and a vine border. Same design on back., Anna Maria Jaudon was the oldest of nine children born to Daniel Jaudon and Anna McNeal Jaudon. The third in the family was William Latta Jaudon who married Susan Gibson Lea and was the father of Mrs. Henry Charles Lea. Inscription on the reverse of this photograph is in the handwriting of Mrs. Henry Charles Lea (Anna Caroline Jaudon.), Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.5]

Title: Helen Vaughan Cope
Description: Hand-painted portrait of young, lovely Helen Vaughan Cope facing very slightly left. Her hair is pulled high on her head, then flowing down her neck. She is wearing a V-necked gown trimmed in blue with a lace collar. She is wearing a pearl necklace with a pendant, and a diamond earing., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval; Light brown leather. No design., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.3]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified boy.]
Description: Full length portrait of a young boy in a dress standing in front of a painted backdrop. His hand rests next to a closed book on a table., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Red velvet. Flower basket in center surrounded by floral scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Oval geometric design surrounded by floral scrolls. Identical design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Fenton, Joseph, photographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.12 ]

Title: Sharp Mountain scenery, Schuylkill County, Pa
Description: Series of views of Sharp Mountain, located west of Pottsville, Pa., including large boulders, trees, and portraits of men and children sitting on rocks. One image shows a photographer setting up his camera, possibly a self-portrait of Allen., No. 127; 130; 132; and 133, Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from label pasted on versos., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Yellow and orange mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Creator: Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.23-26]

Title: [African American boy carrying a serving tray]
Description: Full-length portrait of a smiling African American boy, attired in a long-sleeved white shirt, black pants, black shoes, and a white apron, standing in front of a balustrade. He holds in front of him a serving tray of dishware., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Title supplied by cataloger., Date based on the active working dates of the photographer and attire of the subject., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Keenan operated his studio at 526 South Second Street from around 1855 until 1867.
Creator: Keenan, John A., photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits – photographer – Keenan [P.9981.3]

Title: Views on the Estate of S.B. Waugh, Bordentown, N.J
Description: Exterior and interior views of portrait painter Samuel Bell Waugh's residence in Bordentown, N.J., including group portraits of the family on the lawn of the property. The only interior view depicts a young woman playing a piano in an ornately decorated parlor. Two young girls, possibly Samuel Bell Waugh's daughters, are depicted in six of the seven images., Photographer's stamp on versos of mounts., Yellow mounts with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - residences [P.8464.1-7]

Title: Sec. Chase
Description: Full-length portrait of Salmon P. Chase, the abolitionist leader, Ohio Senator, statesman, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Chase, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, jacket, pants, and shoes, sits beside a table that has with an inkwell and papers on top of it., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of sitter., Possibly by Mathew B. Brady., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Chase [(1)5750.F.80g]

Title: Rev. Mr. Cheever
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of the abolitionist preacher and author. Cheever, attired in a white collared shirt, a black tie, waistcoat, jacket, overcoat, and pants, holds a top hat in his gloved hands as he sits facing the viewer. Cheever's book, "The Guilt of Slavery and the Crime of Slaveholding: Demonstrated from the Greek and Hebrew Scriptures," argued that the Bible categorically denounces slavery., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of the sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Cheever [(1)5750.F.82d]

Title: Rev. Dr. Cheever
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of George Barrell Cheever, the radical abolitionist preacher and author. Cheever, attired in a white collared shirt, a black waistcoat, jacket, and pants, stands looking slightly right and holds a walking stick in his right hand. His book, "The Guilt of slavery and crime of slaveholding: demonstrated from the Greek and Hebrew scriptures," argued that the Bible categorically denounced slavery., Title from manuscript note on mount., Dated based on the presented age of the sitter., Photographer's imprint inscribed on negative., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Cheever [(1)5750.F.82e]

Title: Fanny Kemble
Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait painting by Thomas Sully of the abolitionist, actress, dramatist, and author early in her marriage to Philadelphian Pierce Butler in 1834. In her work, "Residence of a Georgian plantation (1863)," Kemble described the degradation and inhumanities of slavery witnessed by her while living at the plantation of her husband from 1838 until 1839. Kemble, wearing her hair up and attired in a high collar, looks slightly right., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on photographic medium., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised in 2021., Access points revised in 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Kemble [2(5750.F.67e]

Title: Robt. Dale Owen
Description: Full-length portrait of the social reformer, Indiana Congressman, and Chair of the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission. Owen, attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a jacket, an overcoat, and pants, stands holding a top hat in his right hand beside a chair, near a drape. Owen's work for the commission has been credited as the impetus for the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Owen [(2)5750.F.173d]

Title: Dr. Theo. Parker
Description: Bust-length portrait of the Unitarian clergyman and abolitionist who personally aided and housed freedom seekers as a member of several abolitionist organizations, including the New England Emancipation Aid Society. Parker, wearing spectacles and attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, faces slightly right., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Dated based on the presented age of the sitter., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: J. Gurney & Son, photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Parker [P.2282.116]

Title: W.H. Seward
Description: Photographic reproduction of a bust-length portrait drawing of the abolitionist politician, Secretary of State under Lincoln, and New York Senator and Governor. Seward, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, is depicted in right profile., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Seward [(3)5750.F.38b]

Title: George H. Stuart
Description: Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia philanthropist, abolitionist, and Presbyterian educator. Stuart, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket, faces slightly left. Stuart organized the Philadelphia reception for the absolved Amistad mutineers at the First Reformed Presbyterian Church subsequent to their emancipation by the Supreme Court in 1841., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Stuart [(3)5750.F.61c]

Title: Judge Stroude
Description: Reproduction of a half-length portrait of George M. Stroud, the Philadelphia judge and author of the abolitionist text, "A Sketch of the Laws relating to Slavery: in the Several States of the United States of America (Philadelphia: 1827, reprinted 1856)." Stroud, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, sits facing left. In the background is a bookcase with books and a globe and a drape., Title from manuscript note on mount., Date based on presented age of sitter., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Stroud [(3)5750.F.61b]

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