W.S. Porter Collection [Volume 2] : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

Abstract

This is a framed passe-partout daguerreotype of William Southgate Porter (volume 2), which accompanies a collection of seven cased photographs and a loose tin type (volume 1). This object is boxed separately from volume 1. Both volume 1 and volume 2 consist of portraits of the William Southgate Porter family. These images are atrributed to the photographer, W.S. Porter. Porter is famously known for photographing the eight-plate Cincinnati Panorama daguerreotype with Fontayne Porter in 1848. The images in this collection have already been digitized by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.View Catalog Record: https://cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S170C272125