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Rosaline Holmes Harrison [Mrs. Stephen Decatur Harrison] with deceased child daguerreotype, 1850

Permanent ID:
6441
Date:
circa 1850
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman, hair parted in the center and covering the ears, 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 simple edge trim lines both front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion ().
Inscription:
(ink on applied label): Rosaline Holmes Harrison / (Mrs. Stephen Decatur Harrison) / with baby before the funeral / R.H grandmother (Label applied to bottom of cushion)

(embossed on brass): JAQUITH / 98 B.WAY (Bottom corners of mat)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8.0 cm, Height: 9.2 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 5/8 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families papers
Related People or Organizations:
Holmes, Martha Rosaline (depicted)
Harrison, Stephen Decatur (relates to)
Jaquith (photographer)