Untitled [portrait of an unidentified child] 1858 - 1869

This carte de visite, a popular format for portrait photography in the mid-19th century, shows a young child dressed in a patterned garment and captured against a plain background. Created by Jeremiah Gurney, a prolific photographer active in the late 1850s and early 1860s, the portrait captures the innocence and vulnerability of childhood in striking detail. While the child's identity remains unknown, the work provides a glimpse into the lives of a bygone era, offering valuable insight into photographic practices and portraiture conventions of the period.