Albumen photograph on carte de visite mount depicting a young girl identified on the verso as “Frances Coryel.” Imprint at bottom reads “H. P. Chapman, Photographer, Carlisle, Pa.” The printed text identifies the image as part of a missionary fundraising effort associated with India.

The vignetted portrait shows a small child seated on a low wicker or upholstered chair, posed frontally against a plain studio backdrop. The child wears a simple long-sleeved garment, with bare feet visible, and is positioned with one leg folded beneath the other. The image is softly printed with a slight vignette effect, typical of mid-to-late 19th century studio work.

The verso contains a lengthy printed narrative describing the child as a “Hindoo girl” rescued and placed in an orphanage in Bareilly, India, and states that the photograph was sold to benefit the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society. The text concludes with attribution to “C. Butler, Missionary to India,” and includes the printed photographer’s credit at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.