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[William Cassiday Cattell, holding large Bible, with five page boys] – Vintage Photo Print

[William Cassiday Cattell, holding large Bible, with five page boys], [between 1848 and 1860] — historic photograph
[William Cassiday Cattell, holding large Bible, with five page boys], [between 1848 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A young clergyman, William Cassiday Cattell, sits with a large open Bible while five page boys stand near him. The accompanying note says he tutored the boys in Albemarle, Virginia, which places the scene in the years between 1848 and 1860, when daguerreotypes were the leading portrait process. Cattell, born in 1827, later became a clergyman, and the picture now belongs to the James McKeen Cattell Papers at the Library of Congress. The photographer is unidentified, but the sixth-plate size and the curved diamond case with its leaf border reflect the common styles of the period.

Created / published[between 1848 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Group portraits 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Case: curved diamond surrounded by leaves, with linked border. Accompanying note: Wm. Cassady Cattell with the page boys whom he tutored in Abermarle, Va. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:120). Forms part of: James McKeen Cattell Papers, 1835-1948 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsCattell, William C. (William Cassiday),--1827-1898. Clergy--1840-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,252 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Reference83_William_Cassiday_Cattel_1848

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