Historical Indulgences

ca. 1855, [post mortem portrait of a child with flowers], J.H. Whitehurst Galleries

via Harvard University, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Department of Photographs

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• Tags: post mortemdaguerreotypephotographyportraitvintageantique19th centurychildrentuesday johnsonhistorical indulgences

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