Unknown American
[Post-Mortem of a Child]

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Post-Mortem of a Child]
Datec. 1846
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsImage: 2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in. (7.2 × 6 cm)
Overall (closed case): 3 1/8 × 3 5/8 × 11/16 in. (8 × 9.2 × 1.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Photography Subcommittee 2022
Object number2023.128
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Casey Allen Waters, Exeter, New Hampshire]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
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