Post-Mortem Portrait of a Child in a Buggy

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This image is in the public domain.
Post-Mortem Portrait of a Child in a Buggy
This image is in the public domain.
Artist/Maker
Datec. 1860
MediumAmbrotype with hand tinting
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (14 × 10.8 cm) Case (Open): 6 × 9 5/8 × 1/2 in. (15.2 × 24.4 × 1.3 cm) Case (Closed): 6 × 4 3/4 × 7/8 in. (15.2 × 12.1 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Paul Parker Memorial Fund
Object number2023.4.2
Not on view
DescriptionHalf plate post-mortem ambrotype depicting a young child in a buggy draped with a hand-tinted blanket. Ambrotype is housed in a full leatherette case.

Additional Details

Provenance 2023: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Mike Medhurst & Co., Oak Brook, Illinois
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Zana Briski
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