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Dead Child

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1848
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (8.26 x 6.99 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4583
On View
Not on view
Collections
Description1/6 plate daguerreotype. Image of a dead child, laid on bedding.
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Mother with Dead Child
Unknown
ca. 1857
2005.27.4597
Mother with Dead Child
Unknown
ca. 1850
2005.37.4
Postmortem
Unknown
ca. 1850
2005.27.4712
Father and Child
Unknown
ca. 1850
2005.27.4639
Sleeping child
Unknown
ca. 1855
2005.27.4634
Postmortem of Young Girl
Unknown
ca. 1855
2005.27.59
Wife and Child of Henry Insley
Henry E. Insley
ca. 1848
2005.27.4751
Portriat of a child with chair
Rensselaer E. Churchill
ca. 1850
2005.37.401
Mother and child (on porch)
Unknown
ca. 1850
2005.27.4716
Child with doll
Unknown
ca. 1845
2005.37.429