Popular during the Victorian era, post-mortem photographs provided family members with an opportunity to capture a lasting likeness of their deceased loved ones. In one case, a young child passed ...
Postmortem portraits, ghost photographs, and images of disfigured soldiers are just a few examples of photography from the past that might seem unsettling to modern viewers. The grainy and ...
NEWBURYPORT — The Museum of Old Newbury invites the public to a special illustrated lecture, “Secure the Shadow: Spirit & Post-mortem Photography in the 19th Century,” on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m., ...
Mary and her mother run a post-mortem photography business in 1840's Australia. They arrive to a small farmhouse to find devastated parents grieving over the death of their daughter but as they get to ...