Elizabeth Weatherby Chapin Collins

Artist David C. Collins (American, 1825 - 1909)

Artist Thomas P. Collins (American, 1823 - 1873)

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsCase: 2 1/8 × 2 × 1/2 inches (5.41 × 5.08 × 1.27 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2010.35.37

Inscribedpencil note inside back of case reads: "Should the scenes & associations of the past return may they suggest pleasant thoughts & still pleasanter feelings that their influences may be exerted for good to check their influences of a moment is the wish of us and ever read on this face."

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DescriptionImage of head of woman with high-necked lace collar
Full case covered in green velvet with gold gilding on side; silk liner; later mat

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