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Victor Fisher
Victor Fisher
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Victor Fisher

Permanent ID:
5965
Date:
circa 1846
Image Description:
Image: 1/2 plate; Seated man with gray hair brushed across the top of the head from one side, and bushy eyebrows, dressed in a dark partially-buttoned jacket with large buttons, a checked button-up vest with collar, and a white shirt with a high turned up collar, and a dark necktie with a lighter bow over top, with one hand resting on his lap, the other tucked inside his jacket. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Octagonal with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a geometric design on the front only, with a plain (unembossed) back, a dark navy blue velvet pinchpad and a dark navy blue plain (unembossed) velvet cushion (1846-48).
Inscription:
(ink on paper): Victor Fisher. an old resident of / Philadelphia. Gave child's book / of General Andrew Jackson to Louis / Godey Wemyss - 1845 - Signed it / "Your venerable friend Vic" (pencil on paper): Presented by H. C. Wemyss / January 8, 1943 / no - 161 (Enclosed note)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 10.8 cm, Height: 14.0 cm (image)
Width: 4 1/4 in, Height: 5 1/2 in (image)
Width: 12.0 cm, Height: 15.0 cm, Depth: 2.1 cm (case)
Width: 4 3/4 in, Height: 5 29/32 in, Depth: 27/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Fisher, Victor (depicted)
Wemyss, H. C. (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]