Item 49: A Carte de Visite and Autograph of the Hon[orable] A[ndrew]. T[odd]. McClintock, [1878]

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A Carte de Visite and Autograph of the Hon[orable] A[ndrew]. T[odd]. McClintock, [1878]

Dates

Created: [1878]

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Access:

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Photograph

Condition Note:

Excellent. Slight discoloration.

Measurements:

6 7/16 x 4.13 in.

Title:

Hm. A. J. W. Clintock

Description:

The following depicts a carte-de-visite photograph of Andrew Todd McClintock, posing on an elegant chair for the camera. Beneath his photograph, he has inscribed his signature. McClintock likely had the piece printed on a visit to Paris to document his travels. On the reverse of the photograph, we see his name written again with the initials L.L. D., which stands for Doctor of Laws. The back of the Manuscript has a ruined signature above McClintocks, but looks as if it reads Geo, or G. M. Reynolds. This may be George W. M. Reynolds, a British fiction writer and journalist, who moved to Paris in 1834 and became a naturalized citizen. A carte-de-visite was a photographic visiting card patented in Paris by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, though the first usages of this form were done by Louis Dodero. They were miniature photograph cards that could be given away or traded to friends. They were commonly displayed in Victorian style sitting rooms or parlors. They were an albumen print from a collodion negative on thin paper glued onto a thicker paper card. Their popularity is credited to the institutionalism of photography as a trade, as they were more widely published as the hobby of collecting them grew. There is no formal date given for the photograph itself, however, the photography company that took the picture has a date along with their address. On the back, they have written, “Sarony, Gold Medal Paris, 1878.” Andrew Todd McClintock was born in 1810, in Northumberland county to Hannah Todd McClintock and Samuel McClintock. He studied at Kenyon College in Ohio, later being admitted to the bar in Luzerne County in 1839, where he built a prominent professional career in the valley during his life. He also pursued many professional connections, rising to a director role for the Wyoming National Bank and a presidential seat on the Hollenback Cemetery Association. Princeton college conferred a degree of LL. D. in 1870 to McClintock. At the time of his death in 1892, McClintock was one of the oldest members in the Luzerne Bar, where he continued to maintain the interests of many corporate entities until the time of his passing.

Location:

37 Union Square, New York

Transcription:

Picture Front: Hon[orable]. A. T. McClintock [Andrew Todd McClintock]

Picture Back: G. M. Reynolds A. T. Mc.Clintock. L.L. D. [Doctor of Laws]

In printed text: Sarony Gold Medal Paris, 1878 37 Union Square New York

Negatives Preserved Duplicates May Be Obtained At Any Time

Elevator From The Street