File talk:William Coleman 19th century editor.jpg

Wrong Person
I don't believe this is the correct William Coleman. Compare this photograph to portraiture of the Editor, and they are incompatible. Additionally, the facial hair styling is post-1850's at the earliest. Indeed, the source itself says it was based on a Photograph (unknown in 1829), and that the photograph was done by Charles Robson of Philadelphia (see: http://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/15#). Looking for other works by Charles Robson, one sees he is active in the 1880's (See: http://books.google.com/books?id=TVAbAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA44&lpg=RA2-PA44&dq=Charles+Robson+portrait+philadelphia&source=bl&ots=1KBk3_3AIc&sig=R6s4PZ0C2Xt7Dcc_VBLx9EglbI4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EGi-UIjPNomg9QSr_oHYDA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Robson%20portrait%20philadelphia&f=false) This would certainly exclude this Photograph from being a likeness of William Coleman. Cdtew (talk) 21:04, 4 December 2012 (UTC)