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Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori

 

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Contents
Introduction
1Introduction to death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori
Examples
2Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
3Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Daguerreotypes
4Daguerreotypes: Post-mortem portraits
Cartes de visite
5Cartes de visite: Post-mortem portraits
Cabinet cards
6Cabinet cards: Post-mortem and memorial portraits
Tintypes
7Tintypes: Post-mortem portraits
Postcards
8Postcards: Death and memorials
Spirit photography
9Abraham Lincoln as a returning spirit
Marketing death
10Marketing: Chase's Daguerreotype Rooms, Boston (1846)
11Marketing: John A. Whipple, 96 Washington St., Boston (1848)
12Marketing: J.V.R. Schuyler, Ithaca, NY (1853)
13Marketing: Root's Daguerrean Gallery (1853)
14Combining a daguerreotype with a miniature to create a painting (1848)
15Elliott and Fry during the First World War - portraits often gain a mournful interest (1917)
Reminiscences of photographing the dead
16Charlie E. Orr: Post-Mortem Photography (1873)
17Ghastly Photographic Experiences (1882)
Cemeteries
18Southworth and Hawes: Mount Auburn Cemetery
Photographs on graves
19Photograph of the deceased on a grave at a cemetery in Yokohama, Japan (1881)
Notable deaths
20François Aubert and others: The execution of Emperor Maximilian
Photographers
     
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Introduction
1Introduction to death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori
Examples
2Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
3Post-mortem and memento mori photographs of babies and children
Daguerreotypes
4Daguerreotypes: Post-mortem portraits
Cartes de visite
5Cartes de visite: Post-mortem portraits
Cabinet cards
6Cabinet cards: Post-mortem and memorial portraits
Tintypes
7Tintypes: Post-mortem portraits
Postcards
8Postcards: Death and memorials
Spirit photography
9Abraham Lincoln as a returning spirit
Marketing death
10Marketing: Chase's Daguerreotype Rooms, Boston (1846)
11Marketing: John A. Whipple, 96 Washington St., Boston (1848)
12Marketing: J.V.R. Schuyler, Ithaca, NY (1853)
13Marketing: Root's Daguerrean Gallery (1853)
14Combining a daguerreotype with a miniature to create a painting (1848)
15Elliott and Fry during the First World War - portraits often gain a mournful interest (1917)
Reminiscences of photographing the dead
16Charlie E. Orr: Post-Mortem Photography (1873)
17Ghastly Photographic Experiences (1882)
Cemeteries
18Southworth and Hawes: Mount Auburn Cemetery
Photographs on graves
19Photograph of the deceased on a grave at a cemetery in Yokohama, Japan (1881)
Notable deaths
20François Aubert and others: The execution of Emperor Maximilian

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