Black and white vignette studio portrait of Joseph Leidy. Ink inscription on recto, 'Joseph Leidy. Philadelphia, ? 1865'. Pencil inscription on verso, 'Leidy'. Printed inscription on verso, 'F. Gutekunst. 704 & 706 Arch St. Philadelphia'. There is part of a 2c Civil War tax stamp featuring George Washington, on the verso of the Carte de Visite. Joseph Leidy (1823-1891) was an American palaeontologist. He was professor of Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania. There is part of a 2c George Washington Civil War tax stamp on the verso. In 1864 the US Internal Revenue department passed a 'photograph tax' requiring photographers to pay a tax on the sale of their photographs. This ended in 1866.
Extent
1 carte de visite
Physical description
10.3 (h) x 6.3 (w) cm. Portrait. Photographic print