[Postmortem of girl]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Postmortem of girl]
ca. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image (1/9 plate): 1 1/2 × 2 in. (3.8 × 5.1 cm)
Case: 3 × 2 5/8 × 15/16 in. (7.6 × 6.7 × 2.4 cm)
Purchase
1969.0202.0003
Inscriptions Entry 391 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful tinted daguerreotype of corpse of tiny girl. Highlights very white with mercury. Flash tinted. Obtained from Martin Behrmas [?]. In gutta percha case. Dag (.50) case .50 (1.00)
