Robert Scot Paschall salted paper portrait, 1858
Permanent ID:
5616Date:
1858Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Head and shoulders of a man wearing a jacket with a high collar, a vest, tie, and upturned collar, with color applied to the cheeks and lips. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Paper-covered wood-frame, not embossed, with a push-button fastener, and a reinforced brass-hinge, interior gilded line details, with a red velvet pinchpad and an unembossed red velvet cushion (1850).Inscription:
(embossed): W.L.GERMON / 108 CHEST ST PHILA (Mat)(ink on paper): My father, Robert / Scot Paschall, / about the time of / his marriage on / June 24, 1858, / when he was 35 [recto]; (pencil on paper): Gift of / Anne Paschall / Aug. 21, 1931 (Enclosed item)
Format:
Salted paper printsDimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)Width: 2 23/32 cm, Height: 3 1/4 cm (image)
Width: 8.2 cm, Height: 9.5 cm, Depth: 2 cm (image)
Width: 3 7/32 cm, Height: 3 3/4 cm, Depth: 13/16 cm (image)
Collections:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionPaschall-Sellers family papers
Related People or Organizations:
Paschall, Mary Frances (relates to)Paschall, Anne (was donated by)
Paschall, Robert Scot (depicted)
Darlington, Harry (relates to)
Germon, Washington L. (photographer)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photographers--United States [sh93000984]
Photographers--Marketing [sh87001204]
Photographers--United States [sh93000984]
Photographers--Marketing [sh87001204]