Portrait of Jacob Giles Morris
Dateca. 1845-1854
OriginAmerica, Mid-Atlantic
MediumPaper, card, emulsion & paint
DimensionsHeight: 6 1/4" Width: 4 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Beatrix T. Rumford
Object number2004-68,3
DescriptionHand-colored photograph of Jacob Giles Morris, ca. 1850.Label TextBorn into a wealthy and established Philadelphia family in 1800, Jacob Giles Morris was a philanthropist and collector. He drowned when the S.S. Arctic sank in 1854, leaving his collection to his sister, whose descendants sold his rare coins long ago. Morris's 3 page will mentions his collection of "old continental paper money" which he had "great pleasure in making." Left to Morris's sister, his beloved paper money fared better than his coin collection.
Still in its original album, Morris' colonial era currency remained with his family until 2004 when it was given to Colonial Williamsburg. Today, the Jacob Giles Morris Collection (2004-68,1) has the distinction of being the oldest surviving intact collection of American paper money.
ca. 1854-1860
Probably 1903-1915
ca. 1830
Possibly 1890-1910
 with her mother, Elizabeth Clifford Morris Canby (Mrs. Samuel Canby)(1813-1892)](/internal/media/dispatcher/171841/thumbnail)
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