Elizabeth Louisa (Ditzler) Foust

Permanent ID:
5777
Date:
circa 1853
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with hair to bottom of ears, dressed in mourning, in a black dress with long fitted sleeves, and a small white collar, the baby dressed in a short-sleeved white dress with gold painted on at each shoulder, and a gold ring on his or her finger.
Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850).
Mat: Nonpariel with ornate matte finish (late 1850s onward).
Case: Book style; papier mache with mother of pearl and hand painting of flowers and leaves, with a gilt patterned border on front only, with gilded pattern along edges of interior, red velvet pinchpad and red velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design.
Inscription:
(ink): Elizabeth Louisa (Ditzler) Foust / Mrs. William Henry " / with dead child - / Philadelphia ca-1853 / 1852 [struck out] / #193 (Enclosed note)

(ink): Presented by / Mrs. A. M. (Helen) Dryden / Oct. 13, 1959 (Label adhered to back exterior of case)

(ink): 112 / child alone / [illegible] 7.3 (Note enclosed behind image package)

(Pencil): Baby alone / [illegible] supporting / the Baby / [illegible], 3 _ (Paper liner behind image package)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in
Width: 8.5 cm, Height: 9.9 cm, Depth: 1.7 cm
Width: 3 11/32 in, Height: 3 7/8 in, Depth: 21/32 in
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Foust, Elizabeth Louisa (depicted)
Dryden, A. M. (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype
Portrait photography--United States
Mourning customs
Postmortem photography