Samuel Castner Jr. and mother, Julia Hardy Castner [image rubbed out]
Photograph
Samuel Castner Jr. and mother, Julia Hardy Castner [image rubbed out]
1846
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image (1/6 plate): 3 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (8.1 × 7 cm)
Case: 3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 9/16 in. (9.3 × 8.1 × 1.5 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
1977.0240.0060
Inscriptions Printed in black ink on label on verso in the case OA: M _ _ _ _ \ Daguerreotyped _ _ _ _184 \ BY M.P. SIMONS, \ NO.120 CHESTNUT STREE, BELOW FOURTH, SOUTH SIDE, PHILADELPHIA. \ Miniatures of all sizes, Family Groups, &c., taken in \ the most faithful manner. \ OIL PAINTINGS AND PICTURES \ Of all kinds Copied and Coloured in IMITATION OF THE \ ORIGINAL, uopn the most reasonable terms.
Inscribed in pencil on label on verso, in the case TC: [illegible]
Inscribed in black ink on verso of label in case TR: April 29th 1846
Inscribed in pencil on label on verso in the case BC: 1846
Embossed in to velvet lining of the case lid C: KEENAN \ 2D AB SOUT ST \ PHILADA
Inscribed in pencil on label on verso, in the case TC: [illegible]
Inscribed in black ink on verso of label in case TR: April 29th 1846
Inscribed in pencil on label on verso in the case BC: 1846
Embossed in to velvet lining of the case lid C: KEENAN \ 2D AB SOUT ST \ PHILADA
