[Seated man leaning on book and table]
Photograph
[Seated man leaning on book and table]
May 24, 1859
Ivorytype with applied color (possibly Toovytype)
Image (oval): 8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in. (20.5 × 15.5 cm)
Frame (oval): 14 3/16 × 12 3/16 × 1 7/8 in. (36 × 31 × 4.8 cm)
Purchase
Inscriptions Printed on applied label on verso, C: FROM \ BROADBENT & CO'S \ IVORYTYPE \ PHOTOGRAPH, DAGUERREOTPE, \ AND \ AMBROTYPE GALLERY, \ No. 814 CHESTNUE STREET, \ PHILADELPHIA, \ N. B.–The Ivorytype was invented by MR. BROADBENT'S partner, MR, WENDEROTH. \ There are positively none made elsewhere. Any other offered as such, \ ARE NOT EVEN AN IMITATION. \ James H. Bryson. Printer. \ May 24, 1959 [date inscribed in black ink]
