John Neal Family Portrait 1843, circa 1843

Daguerrotype circa 1843 of neal family: eccentric and influential writer, critic, and activist john neal (tallest figure), wife eleanor hall neal (seated furthest right), and their children (l-r) james neal, margaret eleanor neal (seated on eleanor's lap), and mary neal. Scanned from a page in the 1972 book that wild fellow john neal and the american literary revolution, by benjamin lease, originally from the collection of mrs. Sherwood pickering. Date: circa 1843.