Deacon White

[Joe_G.]

Ah yes, Deacon White, one of my favorites! He can be a tough card if you want a photographic example, easier if you expand to Buchner or Scrapps.

I consider Deacon White's cards (excluding team cards) as follows (in chronological order):

- Tomlinson Cabinets (April 1886) - Portrait & Action Pose
- N284 Buchner Gold Coin (1887)
- Fearnaught's Studio Proofs for Goodwin & Co. (April 1888) - Nine poses (all nine poses known as studio proofs have a matching N172)
- N172 Old Judge Fb (1888) - Nine poses
- N173 Old Judge Cabinet (1888) - One pose (w/ Detroit)
- Y95 Scrapps (H. D. Smith & Co.) (believed to be early-to-mid 1888)
- WG1 Playing Card (1888)
- N172 Old Judge Fc (1889) - two poses re-issued w/ Pittsburgh
- N173 Old Judge Cabinet (1889) - One pose (w/ Pittsburgh)

You see a lot of Old Judge cards from 1888 and 1889 but they are tough, many with fewer than 5 known.

Here is the most valuable Deacon White card (one of two copies known, not in my collection, same card Mike mentioned above):
https://www.robertedwardauctions.com...greachery-mgr/

Here is my Graig Kreindler painting of Deacon White based on his Tomlinson portrait.

[WillowGrove]

Joe that's a great Kindler. Wow. Deacon White sure looks like the perfect subject for Graig; inherently old timey.

[Joe_G.]

Here are the nine poses of Deacon White as Fearnaught's Studio proofs for Goodwin & Co. Each of these poses would be issued as N172 Old Judge cards. These proofs hit the hobby back in 2006 when Hunt auctioned off the Deacon White collection that had been held by the family for a couple generations. About half of these are only known copies, others had up to three copies. I'm happy to have a couple in my collection.

[oldjudge]

I think the Fearnaughts are Deacon White's most beautiful cards. Thanks for posting the images.

[jerrys]

Hi Joe,

Nice display of Deacon White proofs.

Just a point of interest: At first glance the Fearnaught's Studio portrait photo of Deacon White you show looks like the same photo on the Tomlinson cabinet. Although the photos were likely made at the same photo session, they are different.

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[oldjudge]

Jerry-They are different. Check the collar. The Fearnaught image was used on White’s N172.