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Jacob Thomas Elliott and Elizabeth Thomas Elliott
Jacob Thomas Elliott and Elizabeth Thomas Elliott
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Jacob Thomas Elliott and Elizabeth Thomas Elliott

Permanent ID:
5928
Date:
1853
Image Description:
Image: 1/4 plate; man standing beside a seated woman; man with hair parted on one side and covering half his ear, dressed in a dark jacked with a high back collar, dark trousers, and a dark vest, with a white shirt, high white collar with points turned down, and a dark bow tie, holding a top hat in one hand, the other placed behind the woman, whose hair is parted in the center, in a padded wings style softened by very short ringlets in front of the ears, wearing a dress of habit-front style, which displays the chemisette, trimmed with rows of tucks or covered cord, with long belled sleeves, a whitework collar, and open, frilled undersleeves, wearing earrings, a brooch at her throat, a pencil around her neck, and a ring on her finger, color applied to both their cheeks and lips. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Paper-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design on the front and a geometric design on the back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a plain (unembossed) red velvet cushion (1850-60s).
Inscription:
(pencil on paper): Taken in the Autumn / of 1853. (Paper liner beneath image package)

(ink on paper): Jacob Thomas Elliott. / Elizabeth Thomas Elliott. / J T. E. about 21 years = / given me, (Eleanor Elliott Miller) / by Aunt Lizzie Bernadore, / about 1903. E. T. E. (Enclosed note)

(embossed): McCLEES & GERMON / PHILA (Bottom corners of mat)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 8.2 cm, Height: 10.7 cm (image)
Width: 3 7/32 in, Height: 4 7/32 in (image)
Width: 9.3 cm, Height: 11.8 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 3 19/32 in, Height: 4 21/32 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Miller, Eleanor Elliott (was donated by)
Elliott, Jacob Thomas (depicted)
Elliott, Elizabeth Thomas (depicted)
Bernadore, Lizzie (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photographers--Marketing [sh87001204]