Daguerreotype
of
Noted
Lithographer
Daguerreotype of printer & lithographer Joseph F. Gedney
of St. Louis & Washington, D.C.
(slip of paper inside says "Joseph F. Gedney,
husband of Sarah Elizabeth").
By S. Root, 363 Broadway N.Y.
Quarter plate leather case.
Gedney was born in France in 1829.
[shelf locator: photography drawer]
Good, hinge repaired. Sharper than my hand held camera shows.
$1250. plus $10.00 postage & packing & insurance
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Some of Joseph F. Gedney's work:
Civil War "Military map showing the marches of the United States forces under command of Maj. Genl. W. T. Sherman, during the years 1863, 1864, 1865". 1865
"A new sectional map of the state of Kansas showing the route of the Union Pacific Railway — E. D. to Denver City, Col. and complete system of projected rail roads." 1867.
On March 29, 1858, Gendey gave this deposition in court:
My name is Joseph F. Gedney; my occupation, copperplate printer; my age is twenty-eight years; my residence the past year, Washington City.
How long have you been engaged in the business of copper-plate printing?
Answer. About fourteen years.
Have you examined the chart of the Straits of Mackinac, engraved on copper by the claimant?
Answer. I have examined it.
How many fair impressions was the said plate of the Straits of Mackinac capable of furnishing?
Answer. I should say four thousand fair impressions might have been taken from said plate, if properly used, judging from the copy now before me, and hereunto annexed, marked "Exhibit C". Some-times a plate in good condition may be given into the hands of a careless printer, and be much injured by very few impressions. I have seen instances of the kind, one of which was the plate of Lake Erie, which was sent to me, after the plate was supposed to have been much worn, and I printed about six hundred impressions which the office thought compared favorably with the first. The plate of Lake Erie was sent from the Topographical Bureau to Mr. McDougal, by whom I was then employed, and I made the six hundred impressions there.
