Pete,
The woodcut says by a photo from “Rockwood”. I believe that it would have been George Gardner Rockwood.
From an online bio.
George Gardner Rockwood who was a 19th-century New York City photographer. He was born in Troy, New York on April 12, 1832, went to school in the Troy area and supposedly graduated with a Ph. D. from the University of Chicago. In 1853, he married Araminta Bouton of Troy and then started as a newspaper reporter in the Troy area. At 23 he became the managing editor of the Troy Daily Post. Around 1855 his professional interest developed in photography and in 1858 opened a studio with his brother in New York City at 839 Broadway. He has been credited with introducing the carte-de-visite format of photography to the United States from France. He stated the first card photograph made in this country was taken at his gallery around 1859. George Rockwood competed with many well known and highly popular photographers during his time, such as Mathew Brady. He was a member of elite photographic societies during the 1870s and 1880s and contributed articles to their published journals.
A search in the New York Times yielded only two articles about Rockwood. In 1900, he was sued for libel by a Dr. Ruffin North because Rockwood called him in a letter "a gilded bubble--nothing substantial." Rockwood was trying to persuade a close friend of his, singer Hortense Pierse, to give the doctor "a frosty breath" and not to marry him. Rockwood argued that the letter, along with a telegram, were private communications between he and Mrs. Pierse and couldn't be used as evidence in court. The judge agreed and dismissed the case. Hortense married the doctor anyway.
In 1908, Rockwood filed for bankruptcy, claiming he owed over $20,000. Of his few assets, some were in stock shares, 383 in his own company, George G. Rockwood Inc., which he incorporated in 1906.
George Rockwood died in Lakeville, Connecticut on July 10, 1911, at the age of 79.
A rare Rockwood photograph taken in 1874 of "Wild Bill" Hickok recently sold at auction for over $34,000.
I have looked at several holding of online images by Rockwood, but have not searched for institutional holdings. Anything that you might have to offer on this would be most welcome.
