Post-mortem of a little girl
1840s (late)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted
Pennsylvania State University Library
The Heinz K. and Bridget A. Henisch Collection of the History of Photography, Image No. dag0159
LL/50754
1 of 41
Untitled [postmortem portrait of infant]
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
8 x 7 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/4 ins)
Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum
On deposit from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Item Identifier: 2.2002.7
LL/41595
2 of 41
Postmortem of Girl in Red Dress
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
2 3/4 × 3 1/4 ins (6.99 × 8.26 cm) (plate)
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, Object number: 2005.37.5
LL/80713
3 of 41
Post mortem with quilt
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (46 / 43)
LL/8859 [Further details available]
4 of 41
Postmortem of a Child
1852
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-coloured
2 11/16 x 3 11/16
J. Paul Getty Museum
© J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XT.267.9)
LL/6751
5 of 41
Portrait d'une petite fille morte
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
7.2 x 5.9 cm
Musée d'Orsay
(C) RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski, Europeana Identifier: RMNDO000000278799 ; PHO1984-6
LL/42662
6 of 41
[Postmortem Portrait of an Infant]
1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object Number: 84.XT.1582.7
LL/126189 [Further details available]
7 of 41
My dead brother in his metallic coffin
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Record Number: 5641, Collection: Cased Photographs Collection [3139]
LL/44536 [Further details available]
8 of 41
Postmortem of a young child with eyes closed laid out on a white sheet and cushion
1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Record Number: 5898, Collection: Cased Photographs Collection [3139]
LL/44525 [Further details available]
9 of 41
Post-mortem portrait of a young girl
1850s
Daguerreotype
Private collection of Josh Taylor
LL/118552
10 of 41
Postmortem daguerreotype of a young child
1854 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Record Number: 5801, Collection: Cased Photographs Collection [3139]
LL/44538
11 of 41
Post-mortem Daguerreotype of a little girl and her doll
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Location and source information requested
[Further information sought]
LL/6741
12 of 41
America postmortem of a child
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#21 / 91)
LL/32931
13 of 41
Rosaline Holmes Harrison (Mrs. S. Decatur Harrison) with dead baby
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Record Number: 6426, Collection: Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families papers [3173]
LL/44545
14 of 41
Rosaline Holmes Harrison (Mrs. Stephen Decatur Harrison) with baby before the funeral
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Record Number: 6441, Collection: Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families papers [3173]
LL/44546
15 of 41
Postmortem portrait of a mother with her dead child
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
Private collection of Nigel Maister
LL/64057
16 of 41
Untitled [postmortem infant portrait with mother]
1850s
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
8.26 x 6.99 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 ins)
Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum
On deposit from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Item Identifier: 2.2002.12
LL/41600
17 of 41
1839-1855
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, heightened
6.5 x 5.3 cm (plate, oval - sight)
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada (no. 34006), Purchased 1969
LL/6681
18 of 41
Mother holds deceased baby
n.d.
Daguerreotype
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (45 / 11)
LL/10870 [Further details available]
19 of 41
Child laid out with violets
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, with applied color
5 x 6.7 cm (image)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010.1300.0002
LL/75700
20 of 41
Post-mortem portrait of a young child with her wrists tied together
n.d.
Daguerreotype
Private collection of Josh Taylor
LL/116313
21 of 41
Parents posing with deceased infant
1845 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
6.5 x 8.9 cm (image)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010.1300.0003
LL/75701
22 of 41
Young woman holding a deceased girl
1865 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/2 plate
11.3 x 9 cm (image)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010.1300.0004
LL/75702
23 of 41
Deceased child framed by lace curtain
1860 (ca)
Tintype, 1/4 plate
6.2 x 8.8 cm (image)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010.1300.0023
LL/75703
24 of 41
Small deceased girl holding a posy of flowers
1860 (ca)
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
6.6 x 5 cm (image)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010.1300.0032
LL/75704
25 of 41
Deceased child held by excised woman
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
6.9 x 5.7 cm
George Eastman Museum
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010.1300.0030
LL/75705
26 of 41
Deceased child with Measles spots
1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, with applied color
5.6 x 6.8 cm (image) 10.1 x 11.7 x 1.4 cm (overall)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010.1302.0044
LL/75707
27 of 41
Baby With Three Pink Roses, Post-Mortem
1860
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
Chrysler Museum of Art
Museum purchase, Object number: 88.155
LL/116995
28 of 41
[Postmortem Portrait of a Child]
1850s (mid)
Daguerreotype, with applied color
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
Museum purchase funded by Krista and Michael Dumas, Object Number: 2015.493
LL/112119
29 of 41
Post mortem ambrotype
n.d.
Ambrotype
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (46 / 48)
LL/8164
30 of 41
Mother with child [possibly a post mortem]
n.d.
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
Private collection of Richard Hart
LL/64389
31 of 41
Baby in coffin
n.d.
Tintype, 1/4 plate
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 79)
LL/11351
32 of 41
A small child and a post mortem portrait presumably of the same child
n.d.
Tintype, framed
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/68620
33 of 41
Post-mortem portrait
n.d.
Tintype, full plate, hand-painted, framed
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/82860
34 of 41
A young boy with his beach toys
n.d.
Tintype, 1/6 plate
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 156)
LL/17457 [Further details available]
35 of 41
Post-mortem of Helen Maria, only daughter of Ebenezer and Frances L. Spalding, aged 10 months
1849, 9 January (death)
Daguerreotype
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/111895 [Further details available]
36 of 41
Deathbed portrait of a small boy drowned in a local pond in the north of Scotland
1860 (ca)
Carte de visite
Private collection of John Hannavy
LL/37241
37 of 41
Funerary photograph of a child against a white background, Sale, Victoria
1875-1890
Albumen print, on card
16.3 x 10.5 cm
National Library of Australia
nla.pic-vn4582291
LL/39752
38 of 41
Our Pet
1890s (ca)
Cabinet card
Collection of Brad Feuerhelm
LL/36235
39 of 41
n.d.
Cabinet card
Capitol Gallery
Courtesy of Capitol Gallery (Fall 2007 Auction, #76)
LL/22005
40 of 41
Post mortem portrait
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of James V. Burke
LL/112458
41 of 41
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