Prince Family Member, Child
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified Prince Family Child & a Woman
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April 1863, Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864, he moved his studio twice within the community finally settling in the Doyle Building on Main Street. Johnson sold his studio to William Henry Lentz in October 1866. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: Unidentified Child and Woman
Description: CDV of a woman sitting, and a child standing next to her. The woman is wearing a dress with a hoop skirt with embroidering along the hem and jacket.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: On the back of this carte de visit is a 3-cent United States Internal Revenue stamp. On top of the stamp handwritten in black ink appears “BRJ”, Bryan R. Johnson’s initials. The 3-cent stamp documents that the purchaser paid less than 50 cents for the portrait. Below the stamp is Johnson’s imprint.
Date: The United States Internal Revenue tax stamp on the back of this carte de visite documents that it was created between August 1864 and August 1866.
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1992-IDI-07-p13-p22
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