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William Rawle Jr. daguerreotype, 1848

Permanent ID:
5963
Date:
circa 1848
Image Description:
Image: 1/2 plate; Half portrait of a man with gray hair dressed in a dark jacket and button-up vest, with a white shirt and a turned-up collar points, with a wide silk dark tie. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Oval with matte finish (ca.1850). Case: Leather-covered wood frame embossed with a floral design on the front only, with a plain (unembossed) back, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design (ca. 1849).
Inscription:
(ink on paper): William Rawle (junior) (Enclosed note)

(photocopy of typewritten): William Rawle, Jr. / lawyer, born July 19, 1788, in Philadelphia, died / August 9, 1858. Admitted to the bar, 1810; served / in the War of 1812. With Thomas Sergeant he / compiled seventeen volumes of 'Decisions of the / Supreme Court,' 1814-28, and after Sergeant's / death he published five additional volumes. Mem- / ber of the Philadelphia city council. Married Mary / Anna Tilghman in 1817. (Edwin John Rawle, / 'Records of the Rawle Family . . ., ' 186-188.) (Enclosed note)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 10.7 cm, Height: 13.9 cm (image)
Width: 4 7/32 in, Height: 5 15/32 in (image)
Width: 11.7 cm, Height: 14.9 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 4 5/8 in, Height: 5 7/8 in, Depth: 3/4 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]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]