1/4 Plate Post Mortem Tintype Photo 1860s politician With the original artist signature

With the original artist signature and title in pencil or light pen on the mat

The case covers

I believe the girl on the left was Eleanor Pardee Miller (1892-1955)

I can kind of seewhere they were coming from

1/4 Plate Post Mortem Tintype Photo 1860s politician With the original artist signatureOriginal early 1860s quarter plate tintype of a deceased infant wearing a white gown, whose eyes are open, hands clasped at his her waist. They have been seated in a draped wicker chair, which has been placed in front of a dark backdrop. An amazing and sad post mortem image. Dimensions of this tintype are approximately 4 1 4" x 3 1 4". Overall in very good antique condition, having no bends, but with some rough areas in the lower section, around where