Louisa Borden
Permanent ID:
5753Date:
circa 1851Image Description:
Image: Seated woman with hand resting on cloth-covered posing table, dressed in a black dress and pelerine-style cape edged in black lace, and wearing a white daycap tied with a printed ribbon beneath her chin, and spectacles. Preserver: Stiff & heavy, more golden (1847-50). Mat: Nonpariel with matte finish (mid 1840s to mid 1850s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design both front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad and red velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design (1850s).Inscription:
(ink): Louisa Borden / wife of Shaler Fitch / Grand mother of [struck out] / Nellie [struck out] / (pencil): LOUISA / (blue crayon): LOVISA [recto] (pencil): Charles Florus Fitch / 11/16/27 [verso] (Enclosed paper)Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 7 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)Width: 2 25/32 in, Height: 3 9/32 in (image)
Width: 8 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionRelated People or Organizations:
Fitch, Charles Florus (was donated by)Fitch, Shaler (relates to)
Borden, Louisa (depicted)
Fitch, John Borden (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Mourning customs [sh85087976]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Mourning customs [sh85087976]