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Thomas Earl Collins age 4
Thomas Earl Collins age 4
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Thomas Earl Collins age 4

Permanent ID:
7259
Date:
1853
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Boy standing in front of a posing stand, holing on to a chair wearing a tartan sacque bested at the waist with white trowsers. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Double elliptical, with sandy finish (mid 1840-50). Case: Leather-covered wood frame embossed with the scarce "Bird Hatching Eggs" design (Berg No. 5-35) both front and back, with a spotted exterior and interior gilded edge trim, a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850s).
Inscription:
(printed on paper): Thomas Earl Collins (1849-1926) son of Elizabeth and Isaac III (Identifying List for Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes (housed with collection))

(pencil on applied label): #11 daguerreotype / Thomas Earl Collins / age 4 (1853) (Verso of adjacent color photographic reproduction)

Thos Earl Collins / about 4 (Label sewn on to case cushion)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.1 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 3/16 in (image)
Width: 8.0 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 23/32 in (case)
Collection:
Earl, Collins, and Robeson families cased photos
Related People or Organizations:
Barbara Sherman (was donated by)
Collins, Thomas Earl (depicted)
Earl, Elizabeth Budd Kner (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]