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	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG008 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Portrait of Joseph H. born in 1847, and Mary Ashbridge born in 1845, eldest of six children of William and Zillah Ashbridge, Thornbury Township. High collar, bow tie, hair. ARTIST: Unattributed LOCATION: Thornbury Township, PA

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG015 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Gilpin Bennett, died in 1849. Elderly gentleman. Hair, high collar. ARTIST: Marcus A. Root LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG050 CATEGORY: Couple SUBJECT: Marietta Randolph Denis and children, Narcisse R., Marietta Elizabeth Honore (infant), Geoffroise Pierre. Family portrait made for Narcisse Honore Denis, who, in 1832, settled in Philadelphia from France. Daycap, shawl. short jacket. ARTIST: Unattributed LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG058 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Jonathan Gause, progressive teacher, Chester County, Pa. The principal of West Chester Academy. Also the principal of Unionville Academy. Seated on variant of rod-back chair. ARTIST: Unattributed LOCATION: Chester County, PA DATE: 1844

COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG059 CATEGORY: Couple SUBJECT: Jonathan and Eliza Baily Gause. Open book, velvet collar, bonnet. George Pyle knew Jonathan Gause, both taught school in Newlin Township in 1846. Jonathan and Eliza Gause / taken by / George Pyle / Unionville, Chester Co., Penna. / March 29, 1847. Man, velvet collar, open book. Woman daycap, pelerine ARTIST: George Pyle LOCATION: Unionville, Chester Co., PA DATE: March 29, 1847

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG062 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Myra Halloway. Woman wearing print dress, brooch, holding book. ARTIST: Unattributed

COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG065 CATEGORY: Couple SUBJECT: Caster Hanway & his first wife Martha Lamborn Hanway. Man with beard, hair, chair. Caster Hanway, hero of Christiana Resistance, defied the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Arrested, imprisoned in Moyamensign Prison, charge of treason, found not guilty. Man with beard. Woman seated on Gothic revival chair. ARTIST: David C. Collins LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA DATE: 1851

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG079 CATEGORY: Group SUBJECT: Four young men, Hickman Family Collection. Fancy bow tie, vest, man with beard holding cane, book. ARTIST: Unattributed

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG081 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Young woman. ARTIST: William & Frederick Langenheim LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG131 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: “Charlotte Newlin.” Woman holding infant, wearing flowers in bonnet, lace collar. ARTIST: Unattributed

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG136 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Samuel M. Painter (1809-1884), founder of Republican Party, an Anti-Mason, supporter of temperance and abolition. Was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Owned bookstore in West Chester, secretary, treasurer of West Chester & Philadelphia Railroad, wearing velvet collar. ARTIST: Unattributed LOCATION: West Chester, PA

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG150 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: George Pyle. Daguerreotypist learned from John Mayall. From West Chester, Pa. In 1847, he traveled west to Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, returned to London Grove farm in 1850. Man wearing long hair, large bow tie. ARTIST: Unattributed LOCATION: West Chester, PA

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG168 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Elizabeth & Sarah Smedley, twins sisters born to Eli & Elizabeth Hambleton Smedley, September 29, 1824. Mother was minister in the Society of Friends. Sarah died in 1853 in childbirth. Two women wearing similar print dress with lace collar. ARTIST: Unattributed DATE: ca. 1846

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG151 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Man wearing long hair, rubberized forage cap, print vest. ARTIST: George Pyle LOCATION: West Chester, Co., PA

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG171 CATEGORY: Group SUBJECT: Double whole-plate. The Nathaniel & Ann Thomas Speakman family, about 1850. Nathaniel was a farmer in Brandywine Summit. His son, Thomas Henry Speakman, well-known attorney in Chester Co., Delaware and Philadelphia Counties. Holding open book, print dress. ARTIST: Unattributed LOCATION: West Chester, Co., PA

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG180 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Taylor family. Unidentified man with beard, mutton chops, mustache, Panama hat. ARTIST: Unattributed

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG184 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Eusebius Hickman Townsend. A merchant in West Chester, Co., grandfather of James T. Achelis, Jane T. Achelis Estate. High collar. Hair. ARTIST: Unattributed LOCATION: West Chester, Co., PA

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG186 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Unidentified gentleman, Townsend family (may be George Achelis, nurseryman, West Chester Co., Pa.). Mutton chop whiskers, large tie. ARTIST: Unattributed LOCATION: West Chester, Co., PA DATE: 1841

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG197 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Anna Wagner. Young woman wearing bonnet, fur cuffs. ARTIST: Unattributed

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG203 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Elizabeth Wynn and her brother Henry. Elizabeth from East Nantmeal, future wife of Brig. General Edward Wood, Civil War, “Geronimo Campaign.” Henry served in 124th Pa regiment, lumber business in Yankton, Dakota, later became Senator of Dakota Territory. Bow tie, jacket. Print dress. ARTIST: Unattributed

COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG226 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Mary Roberts Walker. Daughter of Ester Darlington and James Roberts, married Daniel Walker in 1847. Moved to Frederick Virginia. Died in 1855, buried at Hopewell Friends Meeting, Virginia. Woman wearing dress, wide pelerine collar, holding open book. ARTIST: William & Frederick Langenheim LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA DATE: 1847

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG231 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Unidentified women, Lamborn Collection. Van Loan took the picture, possibly mother and daughter. Operated in Philadelphia from 1844-1857. Two women posed holding hands. Earrings, brooch, bracelet, seated in Rococo Revival chair. ARTIST: Samuel Van Loan LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG252 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Abigail Annan Dreer. Great-granddaughter of the founder, first president of Princeton University, Rev. Jonathan Dickenson. Married Ferdinand Dreer, April 21, 1834. Woman wearing print dress, mitts, lace collar, seated in a variant of Chippendale chair. ARTIST: James E. McClees LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA DATE: 1857

	COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG253 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Ferdinand Dreer. Man with beard, wearing large tie, stick pin, clover? ARTIST: Montgomery P. Simons LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA

COLLECTION: Chester County Hist. Soc., DG254 CATEGORY: Portrait SUBJECT: Ferdinand Julius (1812-1902) & Abigail D. Dreer. Ferdinand made fortune, assayer in gold, founded firm Dreer and Hayes, Philadelphia. Commissioned art from Otis Bass, Thomas Sulley, James Peale and others. Her: Jan 2, 1856 Him: Jan 3, 1856. Woman in left image, wearing lace collar, cameo brooch. Man in right image, beard, bow tie. ARTIST: Samuel Root LOCATION: New York City, NY DATE: Jan 2, 1856 / Jan 3, 1856

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