Here is another image of Mrs. Emerson on an equally spurious plate. This was found on the Library of Congress site.

Last known photo of Mrs. Emerson before she disappeared mysteriously, consumed by the living darkness.

At first glance it looks as though she is wearing a black hat with a six-foot wingspan, with about eighty-five pounds of luxuriously thick, curly hair billowing out from the top of that, like Marie Antoinette's outrageous coiffure minus the birdcage. Then you catch sight of her woebegone expression and know that even then, she knew: Time is undefeated. I hope her preternaturally long thumb indicated a lengthy life.

It's over for that negative. Must not have had careful storage. I have an old daguerreotype that is almost that old. Has held up real well.