Research Catalog

Title

Daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits [graphic].

Publication

184-?-186-?

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Greene, S. P. (Stephen P.)
• Keenan, J. A. (John A.)
• Plumbe, John, 1809-1857.
• Tyler.
• Beckers & Piard, photographers.

Description

• 27 photographs : daguerreotypes, some col.; 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. visible image in case 6 x 4 3/4 in., or smaller.
• 31 photographs : ambrotypes, some col. ;

Summary

Portraits of men, women, children, couples and other groups. Includes portraits Civil War soldiers, and a boy dressed as an altar boy, and of Adelaide Curtis Hastings, daughter of James Langdon Curtis, Marcia A. Barber, and Eliza Godfrey.

Subjects

• Men
• Photograph cases
• Photographs
• Union cases
• Clothing and dress > United States
• Women
• Daguerreotypes
• Acolytes
• Children
• Portraits
• Group portraits
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Military personnel
• Ambrotypes

Genre/Form

• Group portraits.
• Portraits.
• Photograph cases.
• Union cases.
• Ambrotypes.
• Daguerreotypes.
• Photographs.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Ambrotypes and daguerreotypes, some with hand-coloring, most in cases of embossed leather over wood, some lacking cases. Includes one union case without image.
• Sitters for most of the portraits are unidentified.
• Includes daguerreotypes by John Plumbe and Beckers & Piard and ambrotypes by S. P. Green of McNeal Gallery, and Tyler, Artist, both of Providence, R.I., J. A. Keenan of Philadelphia, and [Bar?]nard.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Provenance (note)

• Transferred from Rare Books and Manuscripts Division, 1984, 1988, and from the Picture Collection, 1991, 1992.

Call Number

MFY 95-23

OCLC

NYPG95-F21

Title

Daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits [graphic].

Imprint

184-?-186-?

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Provenance

Transferred from Rare Books and Manuscripts Division, 1984, 1988, and from the Picture Collection, 1991, 1992.

Added Author

Greene, S. P. (Stephen P.) Photographer

Keenan, J. A. (John A.) Photographer

Plumbe, John, 1809-1857. Photographer

Tyler. Photographer

Beckers & Piard, photographers.

Research Call Number

MFY 95-23