Post-Mortem photograph of a Child

Moses W. Emerson, American, 1831 - 1887
M. W. Emerson, Lowell, Massachusetts, American, active 19th century

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mid 19th century

Albumen print mounted on gold-edged board

Image: 5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (14 × 10.5 cm)

Mount: 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.3 × 10.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox

2019.54.11

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Printed, in gold ink, on mount, lower margin: Emerson [underlined] 21 Central Street, / LOWELL, MASS.

Provenance

Jon Gilbert Fox, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2019.

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