![[Woman with Post-Mortem Child]](/internal/media/dispatcher/423151/preview)
Artist
Susannah Smith(British, c. 1810–after 1881)British, c. 1810–after 1881
CultureBritish
Titles
- [Woman with Post-Mortem Child]
Date1853–1855
MediumDaguerreotype with applied color
DimensionsPlate (at open): 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 in. (12 × 9 cm)
Frame: 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (30 × 23 × 4 cm)
Frame: 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (30 × 23 × 4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Photography Subcommittee, 2023
Object number2023.489
Not on view
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