Elizabeth Earl Collins
Permanent ID:
7272Date:
1852Image Description:
Image: 1/2 plate; Head an shoulders of a woman with hair parted in the center and smoothed down over the head covering the ears, with ringlets falling to the shoulders, wearing a red dress buttoned up the front, with a whitework collar, and a brooch at the throat, color applied throughout. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather covered wood frame with fitted brass hinges, a push-button clasp, and rounded corners, embossed with a simple lined edge trim both front and back, a red pincord pinchpad, and a plain (unembossed) eggplant purple cushion (ca. 1850).Inscription:
(printed on paper): Elizabeth Dudd 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): #6 Painted Ambrotype / Elizabeth Earl Collins / 1852 (Verso of adjacent color photographic reproduction)
(ink on paper): Elizabeth E. Collins / 1852 (Label sewn on to case cushion)
Format:
IvorytypesDimensions:
Width: 10.7 cm, Height: 14.0 cm (image)Width: 4 7/32 in, Height: 5 1/2 in (image)
Width: 12.0 cm, Height: 15.0 cm, Depth: 2.2 cm (case)
Width: 4 23/32 in, Height: 5 29/32 in, Depth: 7/8 in (case)
Collection:
Earl, Collins, and Robeson families cased photosRelated People or Organizations:
Barbara Sherman (was donated by)Earl, Elizabeth Budd Kner (depicted)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]