Elizabeth Earl Collins with son Thomas
Permanent ID:
7260Date:
circa 1853Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman and child, color applied to their faces. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with the common "The Romanesque Urn" design [Plate 141 on page 126 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on both the front and back, with exterior and interior gilded edge trim, a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (ca. 1857).Inscription:
(Printed on paper): Elizabeth and son, Thomas Earl Collins (1849-1926) (Identifying List for Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes (housed with collection))(pencil on applied label): #7 daguerreotype / Elizabeth Earl Collins / with son Thomas / (about 1853-54) (Verso of adjacent color photographic reproduction)
(Printed on paper): LISTER, MANUFACTURING OPTICIAN, 49 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. / No. / McINTOSH STEREOPTICON CO., CHICAGO. / 60 IN THE VILLAGES THE SICK WERE BROUGHT UN- (Paper liner beneath preserver used to seal image package)
(ink on paper): Elizabeth E. Collins / & Son / T. Earl Collins (Label sewn on to case cushion)
Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 7.0 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8.2 cm, Height: 8.3 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 3 7/32 in, Height: 3 9/32 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Earl, Collins, and Robeson families cased photosRelated People or Organizations:
Earl, Elizabeth Budd Kner (depicted)Collins, Thomas Earl (depicted)
Barbara Sherman (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]