Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was one of eleven children of the Reverend Lyman Beecher. In 1836 she married Calvin Ellis Stowe (1802-1886), an accomplished Biblical scholar. Harriet carved out a career as a writer while raising seven children and dealing with Calvin's frequent bouts of depression and traveling engagements on seminary business. After the success of Uncle Tom's Cabin, she sat for a number of daguerreotype portraits.