The Statue of Wm. Penn crowned by Fred'k Coombs
Artist
Frederick Coombs
(American, 1803 - 1874)
Date1866
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 2 15/16 × 6 inches (7.46 × 15.24 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.26 × 17.15 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.26 × 17.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.460
SignedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: “The Statue of Wm. Penn crowned by Fred’k Coombs. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by Frederick Coombs, in the Clerk’s Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.”
InscribedOn mount verso, left, typed in black ink: “LIKENESS OF F. COOMBS TO THE GREAT / PATRIOTS OF 1776. / Abbr’d Copy from the “New York Christina Enquirer,” / Oct. 1, 1864. / “The gray hair and benign and noble face of Uncle Freddy, when attired in Full Continental construe, is the very / picture of one of our Revolutionary noblemen...";
On mount verso, right, typed in black ink: “ FROM THE / Philadelphia Inquirer, / November 7, 1866. / The city of Philadelphia has been honored with a visit from a gentleman whose dress resembles the old style of 1776. His carte-de-visite and mental resemblances to our Revolutionary fathers is very striking, and this very day is the anniversary of his advent in this city, twenty-seven years ago, when he was on a mission of benevolence…".
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: “No 200”;
On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: “200”;
On mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “2005.27.460 / 479.3.01”
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DescriptionImage(s) of a man wrapping his arm around a statue of a man; both men are similarly dressed in a long buttoned jacket, shirt with ruffles at the cuffs, knee britches, stockings, shoes with buckles, and a wide-brimmed hat. The statue holds the Charter of Pennsylvania in his left hand.Published ReferencesPeter Palmquist, "Gathering Nuts: Images of and by Frederick C. Coombs from the Peter E. Palmquist Collection," Daguerreian Society Newsletter 13:3 (May/June 2001): 13-21.
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