George Perkins Marsh — Pach Brothers, Founded Ca. 1866

George Perkins Marsh


pach brothers, founded ca. 1866

Discover the historic Pach Brothers, renowned American photography studio founded in 1866 in NYC. Famous for portraits of artists, writers, musicians, and stunning landscape photography, a vital part of American photographic history.

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (Woodstock, United States of America)

Explore Vermont's Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park – a living testament to conservation history! Discover the legacy of George Perkins Marsh, Frederick Billings & Mary Rockefeller amidst stunning landscapes.

This sepia photo portrait of George Perkins Marsh was produced by the Victorian studio photographers Pach Brothers in New York City, after an oil portrait of Marsh painted about 1845 by G.P.A. Healy.The Pach portrait photo was widely known and reproduced in Marsh’s lifetime. This photo print mounted on a “cabinet card” was a gift to Frederick Billings from Marsh’s widow, Caroline Crane Marsh, in 1882. It is preserved in the Billings Family Archives. The Healy oil portrait is now in the collection of the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College.