Antique CDV G N Granniss Baby White Gown Waterbury Conn Hidden Mother

Antique CDV G N Granniss Baby White Gown Waterbury Conn Hidden Mother

This antique CDV captures a poignant scene featuring a baby dressed in an elaborate white gown, posed for a studio portrait in Waterbury, Conn. The image serves as a fascinating example of the hidden mother genre, where the maternal figure is obscured behind the infant to keep the child steady during the long exposure.

The G N Granniss studio mark identifies this as a quintessential piece of nineteenth-century portraiture. Collectors of Victorian photography will value the technical ingenuity required for this Hidden Mother composition. It is a striking document of the tender, often invisible, efforts involved in capturing a baby in the early days of photography.