tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7289728.post-1098843064441680262005-02-20T17:06:00.000-05:002005-02-20T18:27:12.816-05:00<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/124/1156/640/who1.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/124/1156/400/who1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33cc00;">Click on image to enlarge</span> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">This albumen carte-de-visite is attributed to New York photographer A.W. Jordan. The sitting can probably be dated to the early 1870s, the decade during which he flourished, and near the end of the life (1796-1873) of the subject- illustrious American botanist, Professor of Chemistry, and Assayer of the U.S. Mint.</span> </div><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Click </span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/124/1156/640/torrey1.1.jpg"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">HERE</span></strong></a><span style="color:#990000;"> for the ID</span>Dannoreply@blogger.com