[Postmortem Baby, Partially Covered by a Flowered Shawl with a Fringe Hem], 1840s

Daguerreotype; photographs. Date: 1840s. Dimensions: Image: 6.6 x 5.4 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in.); Plate: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.); ; Case: 1.6 x 9.2 x 8.1 cm (5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 3/16 in.). Medium: daguerreotype. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.