Mother and her Children, colorized from a photo by Ftiz Guerin ca 1890s

Fitz W. Guerin (1846-1903) a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the American Civil War, moved to St. Louis after the war and started learning photography as an assistant to a number of noted pioneer photographers of the time. In 1876 he opened his own studio and in 1878 he won an award at the 1878 World Fair in Paris and served  several times as the president of the National Photographic Society   Here is his Mother and Children I colorized from an undated photo.  Given his death in 1903, it could have been taken anywhere between 1876 and 1900.