ca. 1858-1892
Guide to the Photograph Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of 37 portrait photographs of prominent American and British authors and statesmen, collected by Benjamin Whitwell to accompany his autograph collection.
Collection Description
This collection consists of 37 portrait photographs of prominent American and British authors and statesmen, collected by Benjamin Whitwell to accompany his autograph collection. The photographs, primarily cartes de visite, were taken ca. 1858-1892, and photographers include James Wallace Black of Boston, Mass., among others. Also included is an engraving of Ulysses S. Grant.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Acquisition Information
These photographs were removed from the Benjamin Whitwell autograph collection, which was given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Miss Gertrude Townsend, Oct. 1962.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Box 1Folder 1#115.1
Abbott, Ezra (1819-1894), ca. Mar. 1884Photographer unknown.Photograph.
Box 1Folder 2#115.2
Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873), 1869Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 3#115.3
Andrew, John Albion (1818-1867), ca. 1863-1867Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 4#115.4
Bright, John (1811-1889), Dec. 1881Taken by Elliott & Fry, London, England.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 5#115.5
Brown, John (1810-1882), July 1873Taken by John Fergus, Largs, Scotland.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 6#115.6
Bushnell, Horace (1802-1871), 1873Taken by E. P. & William Kellogg, Hartford, Conn.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 7#115.7
Clarke, James Freeman (1810-1888), 1876Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 8#115.8
Cropsey, Jaspar Francis (1823-1900), ca. 1860-1869Taken by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, New York, N.Y.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 9#115.9
Curtis, George (1824-1892), ca. 1875-1892Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 10#115.10
Cushman, Charlotte (1816-1876), ca. 1858-1862Taken by Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 11#115.11
Cushman, Charlotte (1816-1876), 1869Taken by Grillet & Co., Naples, Italy.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 12#115.12
Dana, Richard Henry (1815-1882), ca. 1875-1882Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 13#115.13
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870), undatedTaken by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, London, England.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 14#115.14
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882), undatedTaken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite of artwork.
Box 1Folder 15#115.15
Everett, Edward (1794-1865), ca. 1865Taken by Black & Case, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 16#115.16
Gannett, Ezra Stiles (1801-1871), ca. 1860Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 17#115.17
Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885), undatedEngraver unknown.Engraving.
Box 1Folder 18#115.18
Hale, Edward Everett (1863-1932), ca. 1862Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 19#115.19
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864), ca. 1863Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 20#115.22
Hayes, Dr., ca. 1872-1874Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 21#115.20
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894), undatedTaken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 22#115.21
Hosmer, Harriet (1830-1908), 1867Taken by Black & Case, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 23#115.23
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882), ca. 1875-1882Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 24#115.24
Masquera, Tomas de, undatedTaken by F. C. Herbruger & Co., Panama.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 25#115.25
Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872), undatedTaken by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, Penn.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 26#115.26
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791-1872), undatedTaken by George G. Rockwood, New York, N.Y.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 27#115.27
Parker, Theodore (1810-1860), ca. 1860Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 28#115.28
Schurz, Carl (1829-1906), undatedTaken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 29#115.29
Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow (1814-1890) and Charles Graham Halpine (Miles O'Reilly) (1829-1868), ca. 1863-1864Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 30#115.30
Sparks, Jared (1789-1866), ca. 1865-1866Taken by Black & Case, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite (with signature).
Box 1Folder 31#115.31
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874), ca. 1869Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 32#115.32
Taylor, Father, ca. 1863-1872Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 33#115.33
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron (1809-1892), ca. 1872-1874Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 34#115.34
Weiss, John (1818-1879), 1869Taken by Augustus Marshall, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 35#115.35
Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892), 1869Taken by James Wallace Black, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 36#115.36
Unidentified man, undatedPhotographer unknown.Photograph.
Box 1Folder 36#115.37
Unidentified woman, undatedTaken by John Moffat, Edinburgh, Scotland.Carte de visite.Preferred Citation
Benjamin Whitwell photograph collection, Photo. Coll. 115, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896, photographer.
Subjects:
Authors, American--Photographs.
Authors, English--Photographs.
Statesmen--Great Britain--Photographs.
Statesmen--United States--Photographs.
Cartes de visite.
Engraving.