Hon. Lewis Cass
Transparency
Hon. Lewis Cass
ca. 1850
Albumen silver transparency (Hyalotype)
7.0 cm. (diameter)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
Inscriptions recto-(in ink on frame of lantern slide) "Hon. Lewis Cass. from a
daguerreotype" "By W. & F. Langenheim Philadl" "$2.00" "General Cass,
from life 1848."
verso-(applied printed label) "Original View Taken from Nature, by
the Camera Obscura, By W. & F. Langenheim, ...216 Chestnut Street,
between Eight and Ninth St., Talbotypes from life, or copied from
Daguerreotypes of any size up to the size of life, and painted by the
most competent artists. Hyalotypes on glass for Magic Lantern..."
daguerreotype" "By W. & F. Langenheim Philadl" "$2.00" "General Cass,
from life 1848."
verso-(applied printed label) "Original View Taken from Nature, by
the Camera Obscura, By W. & F. Langenheim, ...216 Chestnut Street,
between Eight and Ninth St., Talbotypes from life, or copied from
Daguerreotypes of any size up to the size of life, and painted by the
most competent artists. Hyalotypes on glass for Magic Lantern..."
