1/4 1850s Ambrotype Identified Virginia Woman and Tiny Newborn Post Mortem Baby ethnic appropriate for their age

appropriate for their age

Cincinnati

25") showing somebody's taxidermy collection

On the back is some writing in pencil

Original antique CDV photo

1/4 1850s Ambrotype Identified Virginia Woman and Tiny Newborn Post Mortem Baby ethnic appropriate for their ageQuarter plate ambrotype of a pretty woman holding a very young deceased baby. She is tentatively identified by the note as Grandma Stone. This was part of a small collection from Richmond and Lynchburg, Virginia. I have a dag of her husband that was taken by Gibbs of Lynchburg. Based on research of the death of infants named Stone in Virginia at the time, it's possible the child's name was Elias Stone (8 8 1855 8 20 1855), and the woman was Emily