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Horace Fitzgerald Bumm
Horace Fitzgerald Bumm
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Horace Fitzgerald Bumm

Permanent ID:
5873
Date:
circa 1845
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Preserver: [none]. Mat: Nonpariel with sandy finish (1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design on the front, no design on the back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with an eagle and the photographer's address (1840s).
Inscription:
Horace Fitzgerald Bumm (Enclosed note)

(embossed in velvet): EVANS / 280 / MARKET / ST: / PHILADA. (Case cushion)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 7 cm, Height: 8.1 cm (image)
Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 3/16 in (image)
Width: 7.9 cm, Height: 9 cm, Depth: 1.7 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 17/32 in, Depth: 21/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Bumm, Horace Fitzgerald (depicted)
Evans, Charles (photographer)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photographers--Marketing [sh87001204]