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LL/116312
Unidentified photographer
Post-mortem portrait of a young child with her wrists tied together
n.d.
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of Josh Taylor
 
LL/116312

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LL/75703
Unidentified photographer
Deceased child framed by lace curtain
1860 (ca)
Tintype, 1/4 plate
6.2 x 8.8 cm (image)
 
George Eastman Museum
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010.1300.0023
 
LL/75703

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LL/11351
Unidentified photographer
Baby in coffin
n.d.
Tintype, 1/4 plate
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 79)
 
LL/11351

3 of 18
LL/68620
Unidentified photographer
A small child and a post mortem portrait presumably of the same child
n.d.
Tintype, framed
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/68620

4 of 18
LL/82860
Unidentified photographer
Post-mortem portrait
n.d.
Tintype, full plate, hand-painted, framed
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/82860

5 of 18
LL/10835
Unidentified photographer
Memorial Still Life (Washington State)
1870 (ca)
Tintype
7 x 5 in
 
Paul Cava Fine Art
Courtesy of Paul Cava Fine Art
 
LL/10835

6 of 18
LL/9074
Unidentified photographer
Gravestone Marker - Portrait of Woman
1880 (ca)
Tintype, 1/9 plate
 
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Courtesy of Charles Schwartz Ltd (www.cs-photo.com - #7375)
 
LL/9074 [Further details available]

7 of 18
LL/31514
Unidentified photographer
Not Lost but Gone Before - "Little Willie"
n.d.
Tintype, memorial
2.25 x 3.5 in (image) 22 x 10 in (frame)
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#20 / 129)
 
LL/31514 [Further details available]

8 of 18
LL/17457
Unidentified photographer
A young boy with his beach toys
n.d.
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 156)
 
LL/17457 [Further details available]

9 of 18
LL/111895
Unidentified photographer
Post-mortem of Helen Maria, only daughter of Ebenezer and Frances L. Spalding, aged 10 months
1849, 9 January (death)
Daguerreotype
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/111895 [Further details available]

10 of 18
LL/39566
Unidentified photographer
[Unidentified girl in mourning dress holding framed photograph of her father as a cavalryman with sword and Hardee hat]
1861-1870
Tintype, 1/6th plate, hand-coloured
9.5 x 8.4 cm (case)
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-26863 (digital file from original item)
 
LL/39566 [Further details available]

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LL/39567
Unidentified photographer
[Unidentified woman wearing mourning brooch and displaying framed image of unidentifed soldier]
1861-1865
Tintype, 1/6th plate, hand-coloured
12.5 x 11.2 cm (frame)
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-27192 (digital file from original item)
 
LL/39567

12 of 18
LL/39568
Unidentified photographer
[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with saber and revolver in oval locket with chain of braided hair]
1861-1865
Tintype, locket
5.6 x 4.8 cm (locket)
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-27493 (digital file from original item, photo)
 
LL/39568 [Further details available]

13 of 18
LL/39569
Unidentified photographer
[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with saber and revolver in oval locket with chain of braided hair]
1861-1865
Tintype, locket
5.6 x 4.8 cm (locket)
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-27494 (digital file from original item, locket)
 
LL/39569 [Further details available]

14 of 18
LL/68755
Unidentified photographer
Body in coffin
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Fawn Hoos
 
LL/68755

15 of 18
LL/81860
Unidentified photographer (mat by the Cincinnati Memorial Publishing Co.)
Memento mori for "Eliza Jane Wiltrout Born July 13th 1860. Died March 28th 1897. Aged 35 Yr 8 Mo and 15 D."
n.d.
Tintype, 1/6 plate, in memorial mat
 
Private collection of James V. Burke
 
LL/81860

16 of 18
LL/9060
Unidentified photographer
Spirit photograph
n.d.
Tintype
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (46 / 71)
 
LL/9060

17 of 18
LL/79971
John Cadwallader (Bee Hive Gallery)
Backmark for "Cadwallader's Bee Gallery"
n.d.
Tintype, back
 
Private collection of Fawn Hoos
 
LL/79971 [Further details available]

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Allegorical photography - Allegorical photography
American Civil War (1861-1865) - Families of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Art - Introduction to painting on photographs
Babies - Introduction to babies
Babies - Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Children - Children in nineteenth century photography
Children - Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Post-mortem portraits
Dead - Daguerreotypes: Post-mortem portraits
Dead - Mourning clothing
Dead - Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
Dead - Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Daguerreotypes: Post-mortem portraits
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Introduction to death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Tintypes: Post-mortem portraits
Experimental and manipulated photography - Introduction to painting on photographs
Fashion - Headwear
Fashion - Photo-jewelry: Lockets
Hand-painted photographs - Painted tintypes
Military - Tintypes: Military
Non-canonical photography - Non-canonical examples
Non-canonical photography - Non-canonical photography
Non-paper objects - Non-paper objects that incorporate photographs
Non-paper objects - Photo-jewelry: Lockets
Non-paper objects - Tintypes in non-paper objects
Objects incorporating photographs - Non-paper objects that incorporate photographs
Objects incorporating photographs - Paper objects that incorporate photographs
Painting on photographs - Introduction to painting on photographs
Painting on photographs - Painted tintypes
Paper objects - Paper objects that incorporate photographs
Photo-jewelry - Photo-jewelry: Lockets
Portrait - Tintypes: Portraits
Retouching, colouring and painting kits - Introduction to painting on photographs
Social life of photographs - Introduction to pricing
Storage and display - Non-paper objects that incorporate photographs
Storage and display - Paper objects that incorporate photographs
Tintypes - Painted tintypes
Tintypes - Tintype preservers
Tintypes - Tintypes in non-paper objects
Tintypes - Tintypes: Examples
Tintypes - Tintypes: Military
Tintypes - Tintypes: Portraits
Trends - Non-canonical photography

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