Title & Author:

Homes of American statesmen : with anecdotical, personal, and descriptive sketches / by various writers ; illustrated with engravings on wood, from drawings by Döpler and daguerreotypes: and facsimiles of autograph letters.

Publication:

New York : G.P. Putnam and Co. ; London : S. Low, Son and Co., MDCCCLIV [1854]

Description:

2 preliminary leaves, [iii]-viii, 469 pages : frontispiece (mounted photograph) illustrations, plates, facsimiles (some folded) ; 23 cm

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Photography: The World through the Lens.

Notes:
Added title page, engraved.
"John F. Trow, Printer & Stereotyper, 49 Ann-street"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references.
Washington, by Mrs. C.M. Kirkland.--Franklin, by C.F. Briggs.--Jefferson, by P. Godwin.--Hancock, by R. Hildreth.--John Adams, by C. Cook.--Patrick Henry, by E.W. Johnston.--Madison, by E.W. Johnston.--Jay, by W.S. Thayer.--Hamilton, by J.C. Carter.--Marshall, by R.W. Griswold.--Ames, by J.B. Thayer.--John Quincy Adams, by D.L. Child.--Jackson, by P. Godwin.--Rufus King, by C. King.--Clay, by H. Greeley.--Calhoun, by P. Godwin.--Clinton, by T.R. Beck.--Story, by F. Howland--Wheaton.
BAL 11176
Reva and David Logan collection of photographic books.

Summary:

"Notable for being the first American book illustrated with an original photograph, which is a salt print of the Hancock House in Boston tipped in as a frontispiece. Pencil inscription under photograph stating 'Hancock House Boston, An Original Sun Picture.'"--AbeBooks, via WWW, Feb. 13, 2013
Blind stamp: "Whipple's Patent Crystalotype Washington St. Boston."
"Most of the illustrations in this volume have been engraved from original drawings, or daguerreotypes taken for the purpose."--Page iv

Subject:

Statesmen United States Biography.
Statesmen Homes and haunts United States.
Historic buildings United States.
Hommes d'État États-Unis Biographies.
Hommes d'État Résidences et lieux familiers États-Unis.
Historic buildings.
Statesmen.
United States Biography.
États-Unis Biographies.
United States.

Form/genre:

Photographically illustrated books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Photographs New York 1854.
Salted paper prints New York 1854.
Gift books.

Added entries:

Doepler, Carl Emil, 1824-1905, illustrator.
Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891, photographer.
Trow, John Fowler, 1810-1886, printer.
G.P. Putnam & Co., publisher.
Sampson Low, Son & Co., publisher.
United States New York New York.
Great Britain England London.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Photography: The World through the Lens.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 19189
Call No.: 55; ID:87-B6423
Status: Available