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Isaac Eaton Chandler and Catherine Fritz Chandler ambrotype portrait, circa 1850-1859
Isaac Eaton Chandler and Catherine Fritz Chandler ambrotype portrait, circa 1850-1859
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Isaac Eaton Chandler and Catherine Fritz Chandler ambrotype portrait, circa 1850-1859

Permanent ID:
6434
Date:
1850s
Image Description:
Image: 1/4 plate; Man and woman seated closely and holding hands, color applied to both their cheeks and mouths; Woman with hair parted in the center and smoothed down over the head, under a dark bonnet set well back on the head and decorated with dark ribbons, wearing dark dress with long wide sleeves and wide jagged edged white undersleeves, a wide whitework collar lying flat and not meeting at the front, a narrow dark ribbon around her neck, a brooch at her throat, and a ring on her finger; Man with hair puffed at the forehead, and muttonchop whiskers, wearing a dark jacket, pants, and vest, with a white shirt with a high upturned collar, and a wide dark bow tie. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Nonpariel with ornate matte finish (late 1850s onward). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a gilded geometric design both front and back, with exterior and interior gilded edge trim, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with the photographer's studio name and address (ca. 1850).
Inscription:
(ink on paper): Isaac Eaton Chandler / 1824 - 1895 / Catherine Fritz Chandler / his wife / 1826 - 1902 / Grandfather and Grandmother / of / Gertrude Chandler Erview / Parents of Gertrude Chandler Sahlin (Enclosed note)

(ink on applied label): Isaac Eaton Chandler / Katherine [sic] Fritz " / GCS / ESH / D N J P (Label applied upside down on cushion)

(embossed on velvet): REIMER'S GALLERY / 617 N. [illegible] / PHILADELPHIA (Case cushion)
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 8.2 cm, Height: 10.7 cm (image)
Width: 3 7/32 in, Height: 4 7/32 in (image)
Width: 9.5 cm, Height: 11.8 cm, Depth: 2.1 cm (case)
Width: 3 3/4 in, Height: 4 21/32 in, Depth: 27/32 in (case)
Collection:
Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families papers
Related People or Organizations:
Fritz, Catherine (depicted)
Chandler, Isaac Eaton (depicted)
Reimer's Gallery (photographer)
Sahlin, Gertrude Chandler (relates to)