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Title(s)
Postmortem portrait of an infant and mother.
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Published/Created
Great Britain, 1850s.
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Physical Description
1 photograph : ambrotype, hand-colored ; visible image 9.0 x 6.5 cm (quarter plate format), in case 12.0 x 9.5 x 1.5 cm (closed)
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Cased Photographs A1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Accessible in the Study Room [Request] -
Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Photographs
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Notes
The ambrotype is behind a gilt oval-shaped mount. The opposite interior panel of the case is covered in dark red velvet. The exterior of the case is covered in dark maroon morocco, with a brass clasp.
The photographer is unidentified. -
Subject Terms
Children -- Death. | Mourning customs -- Great Britain. | Portrait photography -- 19th century.
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Form/Genre
Ambrotypes. | Cased photographs. | Photographs. | Postmortem photographs.
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
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