My dead brother in his metallic coffin

Image: 1/6 plate; Postmortem of a child lying with eyes shut surrounded by different fabric. Preserver: Stiff & heavy, more golden (1847-50). Mat: Oval with matte finish (ca.1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a common "Lily and Rose" design [Plate 114 page 113 of "American Miniatu...

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Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139)
Date:1850
Dimensions:7 x 8.4 cm
2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in
8 x 9.41.8 cm
3 1/8 x 3 11/16 in
Box Number:Box 2A
Folder Number:Folder [B]
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Public domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5641
Summary: Image: 1/6 plate; Postmortem of a child lying with eyes shut surrounded by different fabric. Preserver: Stiff & heavy, more golden (1847-50). Mat: Oval with matte finish (ca.1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a common "Lily and Rose" design [Plate 114 page 113 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] design on both sides, with gilded pattern on the interior, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a ruby velvet cushion embossed with a very rare floral and geometric design with two cherub figures (ca.1850).