Strange Antique Photo with Child in White embroidered faces I've found a couple of

I've found a couple of these wonderful old brass stencil wheels over time

and could probably also be hung horizontally with a little effort

A couple of small stains at top right which look like watercolor or ink smears perhaps original to the paper on which it was done

translating to “corner art

painted cutout diamonds and stars nailed to the sides of the structure

Strange Antique Photo with Child in White embroidered faces I've found a couple ofI had not made the association when I purchased this photo, but many of you responded to it by suggesting it was a post mortem photo, with deceased child at center. An expert who deals in mourning and funerary antiques tells me that posing a deceased child in this manner would be exceedingly rare; rather, children in post mortem photos would be posed in a very reverent manner. In any case, this child's layers of all white, setting her (I assume) in