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21. George Read, Emmet 9479, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal Phila. 1888.” There is in Emmet 9481 a stipple plate “Engraved by J. B. Longacre from a Painting by Pine.” It is upon the Longacre-Pine portrait that Rosenthal and others, like H. B. Hall, have depended for their portrait of Read.
22. Gunning Bedford, Jr., Emmet 9483, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal Phila. 1888.” Rosenthal also painted a portrait, “after Charles Willson Peale,” for Independence Hall. The etching is the same portrait. On May 13, 1883, Mr. Simon Gratz wrote to Dr. Emmet: “A very fair lithograph can, I think, be made from the photograph of Gunning Bedford, Jun.; which I have just received from you. I shall call the artist’s attention to the excess of shadow on the cravat.” The source was a photograph furnished by the Bedford descendants.
23. John Dickinson, Emmet 9485, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal Phila. 1888 after Painting by C. W. Peale.” The Peale painting is in Independence Hall.
24. Richard Bassett, Emmet 9487, inscribed “Albert Rosenthal.” There was also a painting by Rosenthal in Independence Hall. While similar in type, they are not identical. They vary in physiognomy and arrangement of hair. There is nothing in the Emmet correspondence about this portrait.
25. Jacob Broom. There is no portrait and no information in the Emmet correspondence.
MARYLAND
26. James McHenry, Emmet 9490, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal Phila. 1888.” Rosenthal also painted a portrait for Independence Hall “after Saint-Memin.” They are not alike. The etching faces three-quarters to the right, whilst the St. Memin is a profile portrait. In January, 1885, Henry F. Thompson, of Baltimore, wrote to Dr. Emmet: “If you wish them, you can get Portraits and Memoirs of James McHenry and John E. Howard from their grandson J. Howard McHenry whose address is No. 48 Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore.”
27. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Emmet 9494, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal Phila. 1888 after Trumbull.” Rosenthal also painted a portrait for Independence Hall. They are not identical. A drawn visage is presented in the latter. In January, 1885, Henry F. Thompson of Baltimore, wrote to Dr. Emmet: “Mr. Daniel Jenifer has a Portrait of his Grand Uncle Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer and will be glad to make arrangements for you to get a copy of it.… His address is No. 281 Linden Ave, Baltimore.” In June, of the same year, Simon Gratz wrote to Emmet: “The Dan. of St. Thos. Jenifer is so bad, that I am almost afraid to give it to Rosenthal. Have you a better photograph of this man (from the picture in Washington [sic.]), spoken of in one of your letters?”
28. Daniel Carroll, Emmet 9492, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal, Phila. 1888.” Henry F. Thompson, of Baltimore, in January, 1885, wrote to Dr. Emmet: “If you will write to Genl. John Carroll No. 61 Mount Vernon Place you can get a copy of Mr. Carroll’s (generally known as Barrister Carroll) Portrait.”