Post Mortem Ambrotype of a Baby Girl in Full Union Case, Sixth-Plate
Post Mortem Ambrotype of a Baby Girl in Full Union Case, Sixth-Plate
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Here is a somber sixth plate ambrotype photograph of a deceased baby girl with golden hair seated upright and clutching flowers, posed for her final photograph. This image comes in an intact and complete union case behind a brass mat and a glass panel. The picture is a sixth plate tintype, its dimensions being approximately 2.75" x 3.25," not including the case.
This photo was acquired from the estate of renowned photography collector and dealer Howard Daitz of New York City, husband of Evelyn Daitz, herself a photography collector and curator.