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Mrs. William Rawle [Sarah Coates Burge] daguerreotype, 1845
Mrs. William Rawle [Sarah Coates Burge] daguerreotype, 1845
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Mrs. William Rawle [Sarah Coates Burge] daguerreotype, 1845

Permanent ID:
5953
Date:
circa 1845
Image Description:
Image: 1/2 plate; Reproduction of a framed eighteenth century painting of a woman wearing a décolleté garment, with a sheer scarf over a light chemisette, a black shawl draped about her arms, wearing a sheer white cap over hair softly framing her face. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Octagonal with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design on the front only, with a plain (unembossed) back, with a purple velvet pinchpad and a plain (unembossed) purple silk cushion (1839-45).
Inscription:
(ink on paper): Mrs William Rawle ([illegible]) / (Miss Sarah Coates Burge) (Enclosed note)

(photocopy of typewritten): William Rawle / prominent lawyer and philanthropist, a founder / and the first president of the Historical Society of / Pennsylvania, born April 28, 1759, in Philadelphia, / died there on April 12, 1836. Educated at the / Friends School in Philadelphia, and the Middle / Temple, London. Returned to Philadelphia in / January, 1783, and was admitted to the bar the / same year. Secretary of the Library Company of / Philadelphia, 1786-92; member of the General As- / sembly, 1789; U. S. district attorney, 1791-99; a / founder of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine / Arts, 1805; chancellor of the Law Association of / Philadelphia, 1827-36. Wrote "View of the Consti- / tution of the United States," 1824. Married Sarah / Coates Burge in 1783. (D. A. B., XV, 400-401.) (Enclosed note)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 10.6 cm, Height: 13.7 cm (image)
Width: 4 3/16 in, Height: 5 13/32 in (image)
Width: 11.6 cm, Height: 14.9 cm, Depth: 2.0 cm (case)
Width: 4 9/16 in, Height: 5 7/8 in, Depth: 13/16 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
William Rawle, 1759-1836 (depicted)
William Rawle, 1759-1836 (relates to)
William Rawle, 1759-1836 (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]