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A young woman sits facing forward looking at us, holding a baby with closed eyes in her lap.

The infant appears to be sleeping within a blanket and has slightly sunken eyes and a closed mouth. The woman wears a dark long sleeve dress with a high white lace collar, her hair is parted in the middle, and gathered behind her head. She wears a ring on her right hand. As she’s holding up the baby, her left hand supports the feet of the child. The oval shaped photo is set in a shiny golden frame. The background is undefined, the surface of the glass has some surface abrasions.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.1
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Untitled (postmortem infant portrait with mother)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1850
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/160423

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sixth plate daguerreotype
Technique
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
8.26 x 6.99 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/08/2021 - 02/28/2022

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