Elizabeth B. K. Earl
Permanent ID:
7269Date:
circa 1847Image Description:
Image: 1/4 plate; Seated woman wearing a dark long sleeved dress with a fan-front bodice gathered and shirred low in a waist-front panel, with a whitework chemisette and cuffs, and dark leather gloves, her hair parted in the center, smoothed over the head and falling in ringlets at the back of the neck, a braid set back on the crown. Preserver: Fancier with inward points at the corners (after 1858). Mat: Brown board with octagonal window, lined in black and white, with gold scrollwork in each corner. Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a floral design on the front, and a plain (unembossed) back, with a purple velvet pinchpad and a plain (unembossed) purple velvet cushion (late 1840s).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): #4 daguerreotype / Elizabeth B. K. Earl (1842 - / 1904) / before her marriage to / Isaac Collins III (Verso of adjacent color photographic reproduction)
(ink on paper): Elizabeth B. K. Earl / before her marriage / to Isaac Collins (Label sewn on to case cushion)
Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 8.2 cm, Height: 10.6 cm (image)Width: 3 7/32 in, Height: 4 3/16 in (image)
Width: 9.4 cm, Height: 11.8 cm, Depth: 1.7 cm (case)
Width: 3 11/16 in, Height: 4 21/32 in, Depth: 21/32 in (case)
Collection:
Earl, Collins, and Robeson families cased photosRelated People or Organizations:
Barbara Sherman (was donated by)Earl, Elizabeth Budd Kner (depicted)
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]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]