Margaret Brown wearing coral jewelry daguerreotype, 1860
Permanent ID:
6837
Date:
circa 1860
Image Description:
Image: 1/9 plate on red ruby glass; Head and shoulders of a girl with hair parted in the center and tucked behind her ears, wearing a dark shoulder-baring dress, with a gold a coral brooch at the neckline, a coral necklace around her neck, and gold and coral drop earrings, all the jewelry gilded and colored, color added to her cheeks. Preserver: Fancier with inward points at the corners (after 1858). Mat: Oval with matte finish and ornate (late 1850s). Case: Paper covered wood frame embossed with a cross design on both the front and back, with an exterior and interior gilded edge trim, a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850-60s).
Inscription:
(pencil on paper): N.B. THE 2 SMALLER PHOTOS SEEM TO BE AMBROTYPES (ink on paper): THESE THREE DAGUERREOTYPES ARE OF SAME GIRL / MARGARET BROWN OF PARIS, KENTUCKY / BORN ABOUT 1846; DIED ABOUT 1866 / MARRIED BENJAMIN D. ESTILL IN 1861 (A GREAT FUSS / MADE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF THE YOUTH OF THE COUPLE) / HAD CHILD, RICHARD WALLACE ESTILL, BORN 1863, WHO / GREW UP AND CHANGED HIS NAME TO JAY CURRIE THOMPSON
(Accompanying envelope (likely enclosure from donor))
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 5.2 cm, Height: 6.5 cm (image)
Width: 2 1/16 in, Height: 2 9/16 in (image)
Width: 6.2 cm, Height: 7.3 cm, Depth: 1.7 cm (case)
Width: 2 7/16 in, Height: 2 7/8 in, Depth: 21/32 in (case)