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Unidentified daguerreotypist (American), Post-mortem of a little girl, 1840s (late), Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, Pennsylvania State University Library, The Heinz K. and Bridget A. Henisch Collection of the History of Photography, Image No. dag0159, LL/50754
 
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori
Contents
Introduction
399.01   Introduction to death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori
Examples
399.02   Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
399.03   Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Daguerreotypes
399.04   Daguerreotypes: Post-mortem portraits
Cartes de visite
399.05   Cartes de visite: Post-mortem portraits
Cabinet cards
399.06   Cabinet cards: Post-mortem and memorial portraits
Tintypes
399.07   Tintypes: Post-mortem portraits
Postcards
399.08   Postcards: Death and memorials
Spirit photography
399.09   Abraham Lincoln as a returning spirit
Marketing death
399.10   Marketing: Chase's Daguerreotype Rooms, Boston (1846)
399.11   Marketing: John A. Whipple, 96 Washington St., Boston (1848)
399.12   Marketing: J.V.R. Schuyler, Ithaca, NY (1853)
399.13   Marketing: Root's Daguerrean Gallery (1853)
399.14   Combining a daguerreotype with a miniature to create a painting (1848)
399.15   Elliott and Fry during the First World War - portraits often gain a mournful interest (1917)
Reminiscences of photographing the dead
399.16   Charlie E. Orr: Post-Mortem Photography (1873)
399.17   Ghastly Photographic Experiences (1882)
Cemeteries
399.18   Southworth and Hawes: Mount Auburn Cemetery
Notable deaths
399.19   François Aubert and others: The execution of Emperor Maximilian
Photographs on graves
399.20   Photograph of the deceased on a grave at a cemetery in Yokohama, Japan (1881)
 
  
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