Post-Mortem with Flowers
SOLD September 2006 |
Quarter plate post-mortem ambrotype of a child heaped with flowers, anonymous American ca. 1858. Uncased but housed in full brass mat and protector.
A surprising variety and plenitude of flowers are scattered around the deceased, as if left there by different parties.
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