Nova Scotia Archives
Halifax and Its People / 1749-1999
Sleeping or Dead Child, ca. 1867
Infant mortality was a reality of life in Victorian Halifax. A recognized custom of the time was for parents to have their dead child photographed as if the youngster were sleeping, for a memento mori.
Photographer: The People's Gallery
Date: ca. 1867
Reference: Album no. 5 Nova Scotia Archives no. 74 / negative: N-9372