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Isaac Collins III with unidentified woman
Isaac Collins III with unidentified woman
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Isaac Collins III with unidentified woman

Permanent ID:
7264
Date:
circa 1856
Image Description:
Image: 1/4 plate; Seated man wearing a stiff standing collar, and seated woman wearing a dress with a habit-front bodice. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Double elliptical, with sandy finish (mid 1840-50). Case: [none].
Inscription:
(printed on paper): Isaac Collins and Elizabeth ? (without case) - just a guess because she doesn't really look like Elizabeth. It could be a / sister of Isaac's. (Identifying List for Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes (housed with collection))

(pencil on applied label): #2 daguerreotype / without case / Isaac Collins II and ? / (1824-1902) (perhaps a sister) (Verso of adjacent color photographic reproduction)

(pencil on applied label): #2 daguerreotype / without case / Isaac Collins II and ? / (1824-1902) (perhaps a sister) (Verso of image package)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 8.2 cm, Height: 10.9 cm (image)
Width: 3 7/32 in, Height: 4 9/32 in (image)
Collection:
Earl, Collins, and Robeson families cased photos
Related People or Organizations:
Barbara Sherman (was donated by)
Isaac Collins, 1824-1902 (depicted)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]