Rehn, Isaac A.
American (active 1840s-1870s)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Family group

1855
ambrotype, mounted by Rehn's special process
8.9 x 12.2 cm. (oval), 1/2 plate
Gift of 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
GEH NEGS: 25064 30690
77:0267:0019

OLD GEH NUMBER: 430731 (SIPLEY)

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Taft, Robert. --Photography and the American Scene.-- New York: Macmillan, 1942.//
This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 319.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"An American Century of Photography, 1840-1940: Sel. from Sipley/3M Col", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, May 5 - October 1, 1978. (Traveled).//
"Acquisitions 1973-1980", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, June 12 - September 20, 1981.//
"Inside Out: 50 Years of Collecting", US, NY, Rochester April 24, 1999 - March 12, 2000.//

INSCRIPTION: "1855" (mat stamped) "Ambrotype by Reh_. Patient July 4th & 11th 1854"

NOTES: Cataloged-L Schaaf, Fall 1982. Label inside case extols virtues of Rehn's mounting process "Made in Philadelphia by F Rehn, American Gallery of Photography, 126 Arch St." Video disc frame reference #V29047.

SUBJECT: portrait