Rosaline Holmes Harrison (Mrs. S. Decatur Harrison) with dead baby
Permanent ID:
6426Date:
circa 1850Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with face in profile, hair parted in the center, covering the ears, and pulled back into a bun, wearing a long sleeved black dress covered by a black shawl or pelerine, with a small upright white collar, a brooch clasped at her throat, holding a deceased baby on her lap, wearing a long white dress and white cap, draped in black cloth, color applied to their faces and hands. Preserver: Stiff & heavy, more golden (1847-50). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a simple lined edge trim both front and back exterior, with a red velvet pinchpad and a plain (unembossed) red velvet cushion (ca. 1850).Inscription:
(ink on applied label): Aunt Bess / Harrison's mother / & baby after death (Label applied to back exterior of case)(ink on applied label): Rosaline Holmes Harrison / (Mrs. S. Decatur Harrison) / with dead baby (Label applied to cushion)
(embossed in brass): JAQUITH (Bottom right corner of mat)
Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 7.0 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 9/32 in (image)
Width: 8.1 cm, Height: 9.1 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 3/16 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 23/32 in (case)
Collection:
Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families papersRelated People or Organizations:
Holmes, Martha Rosaline (depicted)Harrison, Stephen Decatur (relates to)
Jaquith (photographer)