[Woman holding a dead child]

[Woman holding a dead child]

Photograph

Unidentified

American

[Woman holding a dead child]

ca. 1850
Daguerreotype
8 x 7 cm. (1/6 plate)
Gift of Donald K. Weber
2002.0742.0001
Inscriptions inside of case, under image (pencil): Magie A. Weiler / 1 4/4 Childs /
No. 33 / dress to be white
Terms
  • daguerreotype
  • daguerreotypes
  • portraits
  • postmortem
  • commercial portraiture
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