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Wm B Wood
Wm B Wood
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Wm B Wood

Permanent ID:
6125
Date:
1857
Image Description:
Image: Man in profile, with hair combed forward and curled up at the forehead, wearing a dark jacket, printed vest, white shirt with upturned collar, and bow tie. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Frame: Leather-covered wood-frame with gilded trim.
Inscription:
(ink on paper) Original of Wm B Wood / presented by Mr McClees / 1857 / Given by F. J. Dreer (Note adhered to back of frame)

(embossed): McCLEES / PHILA (Embossed on bottom corners of mat)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 10.6 cm, Height: 13.8 cm (image)
Width: 4 3/16 in, Height: 5 7/16 in (image)
Width: 13.9 cm, Height: 17.1 cm, Depth: 1.6 cm (frame)
Width: 5 15/32 in, Height: 6 23/32 in, Depth: 21/32 in (frame)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
(photographer)
Wood, William B. (depicted)
Dreer, Ferdinand J (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photographers--Marketing [sh87001204]