Portrait of James Canby (1781-1858)
Date1842-1850
Photographer
W. & F. Langenheim (firm active 1842-1874)
MediumA daguerreotype in a leather-covered, velvet-lined case having brass fittings
DimensionsOther (closed case exterior): 5 7/8 x 4 11/16 x 3/4in. (14.9 x 11.9 x 1.9cm)
Credit LineGift of Beatrix T. Rumford
Object number2009-169
DescriptionA half-plate daguerreotype of of a seated, elderly man, shown half-length. The image is enclosed in a leather-covered, velvet-lined case having brass fittings.Mark(s)A typed label adhered to the case's velvet lining reads: "James Canby."
Stamped on the case's velvet liner is: "W. & F. LANGENHEIM/PHILADELPHIA/EXCHANGE".ProvenanceDescended in the family of the subject to CWF's donor. The exact line of descent is undocumented but may have been: from the subject to his son, Samuel Canby (1811-1875); to his daughter, Mrs. Charles Grubb Rumford (Elizabeth Morris Canby)(1848-1936); to her son, Samuel Canby Rumford (1876-1950); to his son, Lewis Rumford II (d. 1997); to his daughter, Beatrix Tyson Rumford, who was CWF's donor.
1855-1857 (probably)
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Ellwood Garrett (1813-?)
1851-1853 (probably)
 with her mother, Elizabeth Clifford Morris Canby (Mrs. Samuel Canby)(1813-1892)](/internal/media/dispatcher/171841/thumbnail)
Joseph Jeanes (active 1853-1867)
Probably 1860-1862
