William Acklen (head and shoulders)

Photographer:  Augustin Aimé Joseph Le Jeune

Studio: Levitsky

Backmark:  Levitsky 22 Rue di Choiseul

Place:  Paris, France

Date:  1865-1866

Provenance:  Adelicia to her daughter Pauline Acklen Locket, unknown, purchased by Belmont Mansion Association from a photograph dealer in Pennsylvania

2016.01.58 Belmont Mansion Association purchase

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William Hayes Acklen was the middle son of Adelicia and Joseph Hayes Acklen.  He was born at Belmont in 1855 and died in Ormond Beach, Florida, in 1940.  

 

This carte-de-visite was made at the Levitsky Studio, 22 Rue de Choiseul in Paris.  Count Sergei Lvovich Levitsky (Russian, 1819-1898) was one of Europe’s most important photographers and innovators.  In 1864, when he left Paris, he sold his studio to Augustin Aimé Joseph Le Jeune (French, act. 1864 –ca. 1885) who continued operating under the Levitsky name.

 

Mark Brown

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