She raised me, though my parents were alcoholics and abusive. She barely spoke English. She was riddled with rheumatoid arthritis, and could barely walk. All she ever did was love me.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...