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Elizabeth E. Collins
Elizabeth E. Collins
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Elizabeth E. Collins

Permanent ID:
7252
Date:
circa 1852
Image Description:
Image: 1/9 plate; Head an shoulders of a woman with hair parted in the center and smoothed down over the head covering the ears, with ringlets falling to the shoulders, wearing a dark dress with a flat whitework collar, color applied to her cheeks. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). 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, a rose red velvet pinchpad, and a plain (unembossed) eggplant purple cushion (ca. 1850).
Inscription:
(printed on paper): Elizabeth Budd Kner Earl (Collins) (1824 - 1904) 4th daughter of Thomas Sykes Earl. Married Isaac / Collins III on Dec. 9, 1847. (Identifying List for Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes (housed with collection))

(pencil on applied label): #9 Ambrotype / Elizabeth E. Collins / (1824 - 1904) (Verso of adjacent color photographic reproduction)

(ink on paper): Elizabeth E. Collins (Label sewn on to case cushion)
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 5.1 cm, Height: 6.2 cm (image)
Width: 2 in, Height: 2 7/16 in (image)
Width: 6.3 cm, Height: 7.3 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 2 1/2 in, Height: 2 7/8 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Earl, Collins, and Robeson families cased photos
Related People or Organizations:
Barbara Sherman (was donated by)
Earl, Elizabeth Budd Kner (depicted)
Thomas Sykes Earl, 1794-1854 (relates to)
Isaac Collins, 1824-1902 (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85004169]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]