French Daguerreotypist (XIX cent.)
Daguerreotype Post Mortem of a Baby, c.1850

A quarter-plate monochromatic daguerreotype (3.1/4x 4.1/4 in), post-mortem portrait of a baby with a white lace dress and bonnet, lying on a bed with white sheets, housed in a European-style back-painted glass passepartout with oval aperture, with label affixed verso 'Portraits au Daguerreotype. Reproduction d'objets d'Arts, miniature &. Par Je. Mary, Horlogerie Bijouterie. Rue des St. Pères, 21, Paris'. Framed in a decorated black hanging frame, measuring 23 x21cm.