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Post-mortem Portrait of Infant Girl

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Title: Post-mortem Portrait of Infant Girl.Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 1852.Print Date: ca. 1852.Process: daguerreotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns .Accession Number: 1984.019.064

Post-mortem photography, also known as memorial portraiture, is the practice of taking photographs of deceased individuals. It was a common practice in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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