David C. Collins (American, 1825-1909) & Thomas P. Collins (American, 1823-1873)
1850 (ca)
Portrait of Frances Amelia Collins Mitchell

Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
5 1/2 x 4 1/2 ins (13.97 x 11.43 cm), 6 x 4 7/8 x 3/4 ins (15.24 x 12.37 x 1.91 cm)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, © Nelson Gallery Foundation, Object number: 2010,35.43
 
The handwritten note attached to the daguerreotype states:
 
"Taken by D.C. Collins, Phil and in the Franklin Institute and as I was there one Evening I heard some people looking at it say 'Half past nine, + fast asleep' F.A. Mitchell."
 
LL/58136