tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84348769196167435012024-02-02T01:43:49.389-08:00Early Post Mortem PhotographyTo read more about the art of mourning portraits or postmortem photography click on the informational pages and links. To see more details of the photos click to enlarge.Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-44032607689167440242010-08-14T08:32:00.000-07:002010-08-14T08:34:31.898-07:00Dead Baby with Father<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwDmqw5qt9gn7VFl-0QEBvvxte4JOhGdgH-uQ6h9-y7J3KiRaMvuq2zdlDa7eiORRjRGxV4SSFL93aejnDsfN3PxqFGsGSCwACVutECFB2BmVXzMPP_7CTGvnHBSy98GPTQsH48P-RJQ/s1600/father-and-kid.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 195px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwDmqw5qt9gn7VFl-0QEBvvxte4JOhGdgH-uQ6h9-y7J3KiRaMvuq2zdlDa7eiORRjRGxV4SSFL93aejnDsfN3PxqFGsGSCwACVutECFB2BmVXzMPP_7CTGvnHBSy98GPTQsH48P-RJQ/s400/father-and-kid.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505289321513088786" /></a>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-73938735655173358512010-08-12T21:30:00.001-07:002010-08-12T21:30:00.816-07:00Dead Boy<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-coli/346537103/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/346537103_2333edfb05.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-coli/346537103/">La morte lo colse nel fiore della giovinezza</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/e-coli/">Latente 囧 www.latente.it</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-48085636039123440702010-08-12T21:17:00.001-07:002010-08-12T21:17:30.253-07:00Dead Girl<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/2665179158/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2665179158_27b1f4ac29.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/2665179158/">Jiřinka (Little Georgina)</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/josefnovak33/">josefnovak33</a>.</span></div><p>Moravia, Czechia</p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-82292829380792291272010-08-12T21:15:00.001-07:002010-08-12T21:15:42.146-07:00Dead Baby<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/2274059856/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2050/2274059856_b75ddb1944.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/2274059856/">Requiescat in Pace</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/josefnovak33/">josefnovak33</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-53941780406801232010-08-12T21:12:00.001-07:002010-08-12T21:12:28.227-07:00Dead Baby With Sister? Mother?<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30974272@N04/2944449370/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/2944449370_7f0cfb342e.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30974272@N04/2944449370/">KindMitPuppe</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/30974272@N04/">Minna1903</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-72973059181646054362010-08-12T21:03:00.001-07:002010-08-12T21:03:22.769-07:00Dead Child<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/2994821964/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2194/2994821964_5e064ddc7d.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/2994821964/">A Sad Photograph For All Soul´s Day</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/josefnovak33/">josefnovak33</a>.</span></div><p>Flickr member posted this with the photo: Photographer Jiří Lomíček in Kladno (Bohemia, Czechia). Cabinet card circa 1910.</p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-8756906825947817452010-08-12T20:58:00.001-07:002010-08-12T20:58:10.150-07:00Dead Baby<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/3206147775/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3206147775_6ff528a877.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/3206147775/">Sleeping</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/josefnovak33/">josefnovak33</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-82678366984467377882010-08-12T20:51:00.001-07:002010-08-12T20:51:16.213-07:00Dead Baby<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingkongphoto/3465935328/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3631/3465935328_5909dd6bfc.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingkongphoto/3465935328/">Post Mortem of Child circa 1890</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kingkongphoto/">kingkongphoto123</a>.</span></div><p>circa 1890</p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-6787619277908128052010-08-12T20:43:00.001-07:002010-08-12T20:43:01.273-07:00Dead Baby<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gijsha/3788408949/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3788408949_3da7f8313b.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gijsha/3788408949/">post mortem 1873</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gijsha/">gijsha</a>.</span></div><p>This is what the flickr member posted with the photo:<br />This boy named Herre died in 1873 at the age of two years and a half. The photo was found in his father's diary, which mentions the following: "We had one portrait made in his bed after he died by Ephraim. Later he put the head on a portrait of his child, wearing Herre's clothes, which became quite good". A very unusual example of early photoshopping avant la lettre!</p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-91721430246292053252010-08-12T20:40:00.001-07:002010-08-12T20:40:18.454-07:00Dead Girl With Family<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39289180@N08/3808385417/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3808385417_270b688674.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39289180@N08/3808385417/">Card Mounted Photo - Most Likely Post Mortem</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/39289180@N08/">openmemories</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-55941650992062573282010-08-12T20:34:00.001-07:002010-08-12T20:34:30.728-07:00Dead Baby<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/batcountrybooks/3846949976/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/3846949976_bf2200da5e.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/batcountrybooks/3846949976/">Post Mortem Tintype Photo of Baby in Coffin</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/batcountrybooks/">Ballyhooligan</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-54419406291130664762010-08-12T20:27:00.001-07:002010-08-12T20:27:59.660-07:00Dead Baby With Mother<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoidhelp/4048538931/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/4048538931_33f057c01a.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoidhelp/4048538931/">POSTMORTEM PRETTY YOUNG MOM MARGATE</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/photoidhelp/">photoidhelp</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-69284008854166018352010-08-12T20:12:00.001-07:002010-08-12T20:12:02.005-07:00Dead Baby<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bookstreet/4211750540/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/4211750540_6cc8880212.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bookstreet/4211750540/">early cased tintype</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bookstreet/">Vernacula</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-11146161510075334582010-08-12T19:17:00.001-07:002010-08-12T19:17:08.911-07:00Dead Baby<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andykraushaar/4356822823/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4356822823_8aa6d9cbdd.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andykraushaar/4356822823/">Baby in coffin.jpg</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/andykraushaar/">akrausha</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-47977578650340368722010-08-12T19:06:00.001-07:002010-08-12T19:06:01.972-07:00Dead Boy<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/4327697391/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/4327697391_6af1e79fe8.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/4327697391/">Post Mortem Tintype 1/2</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-55218281277037174212010-08-12T19:03:00.001-07:002010-08-12T19:03:50.806-07:00Dead Man<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/4176868133/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2725/4176868133_e266dc5fc0.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/4176868133/">Father</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-86054209691814925892010-08-12T18:41:00.001-07:002010-08-12T18:41:10.873-07:00Dead Boy<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/4140249997/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/4140249997_d220d08b67.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/4140249997/">Blue Boy </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-72037628963077889432010-08-12T18:36:00.001-07:002010-08-12T18:36:06.939-07:00Dead Twins<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/3451591804/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/3451591804_d47be261b4.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/3451591804/">El Paso Twins; Post Mortem</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p>El Paso, Texas, ca.1892</p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-61317524006220481992010-08-12T18:25:00.001-07:002010-08-12T18:25:08.227-07:00Dead Baby<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/3062117879/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/3062117879_666932a3f0.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/3062117879/">inchairwm</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p>1860s</p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-59216462467570723242010-08-12T18:22:00.001-07:002010-08-12T18:22:05.638-07:00Dead Girl<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2926995735/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3022/2926995735_215e43f26d.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2926995735/">Maria Halloran</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p>Maria Halloran, ca. 1890</p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-91014542053136737042010-08-12T18:05:00.001-07:002010-08-12T18:05:58.611-07:00Dead Girl<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2823384897/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2823384897_c4eda14106.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2823384897/">Dead Girl with Scissors</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-27655164371793260182010-08-12T18:03:00.001-07:002010-08-12T18:03:02.349-07:00Dead Twins<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2778343472/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2778343472_d33cf945f3.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2778343472/">Twin Boys</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p>St. Charles, Michigan, ca 1900</p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-89076569744467740202010-08-12T17:58:00.001-07:002010-08-12T17:58:18.055-07:00Dead Woman<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2766621512/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2766621512_61e6323714.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2766621512/">Carrie Michelle Culver</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p>Carrie Michelle Culver, Loyal, WI</p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-13749038523957163612010-08-12T17:54:00.001-07:002010-08-12T17:54:01.960-07:00Dead Boy<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2495675584/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/2495675584_51ff5cbe33.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2495675584/">Memorial with Symbolism</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434876919616743501.post-10277880292795840102010-08-12T17:52:00.001-07:002010-08-12T17:52:07.421-07:00Dead Girl<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2421624850/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2421624850_c4cc4ee463.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanatosdotnet/2421624850/">Closer</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thanatosdotnet/">jack_mord</a>.</span></div><p></p>Francescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519240703933331719noreply@blogger.com1