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Isaac Collins III
Isaac Collins III
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Isaac Collins III

Permanent ID:
7263
Date:
circa 1850
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated man with a receding hairline and beard wearing a dark jacket and vest, white shirt with wide dark tie, collar points turned down, and mid-toned gloves, color applied to his face. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a common "Thistle Motif" on the front and back [Plate 119 on page 115 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)], with an exterior and interior gilded edge trim, a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a scrollwork design (ca. 1850s).
Inscription:
(printed on paper): Isaac Collins III (1824-1902) born in New York moved with his family to Philadelphia when he was about 4. He / was the 7th child of Isaac Collins Jr. (one of the founders of Haverford College) and Margaret Morris. As an adult, Isaac III / may have lived at 1431 Filbert St. (Identifying List for Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes (housed with collection))

(pencil on applied label): #5 daguerreotype / Isaac Collins III / (1824 - 1902) / S. BROADBENT - daguerrian [sic] (Verso of adjacent color photographic reproduction)

(ink on paper): Isaac Collins (Label sewn on to case cushion)

(embossed on brass): S. BROADBENT (Bottom left corner of mat)
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: 9.2 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 5/8 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Earl, Collins, and Robeson families cased photos
Related People or Organizations:
Barbara Sherman (was donated by)
Isaac Collins, 1824-1902 (depicted)
Morris, Margaret (relates to)
Isaac Collins, 1824-1902 (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]