Hey Carol,
I have seen plenty of post mortem shots that were not in coffins, though
they were almost all if not all if young children. Many of these have the
subject posed as if sleeping sometimes in its mother's arms. Usually they
don't quite look right and you can therefore tell that they are dead.
"I'm your huckleberry"
Ron Carnegie
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-----Original Message-----
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Carol Kocian
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:52 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is this real or not?
I've heard of post-mortem photos that are taken of the person
in a coffin. Are there other examples of them with a dead person
posed sitting up?
There is something on the side of her head which could be a
barrette or could be a head prop or rest of some sort. It does not
look like it would be sturdy enough if she was dead.
I agree that her eyes do look focused. There could be other
reasons why it does not follow the conventions most wedding photos of
the time, for example a disability preventing hand positions, an
arranged marriage or cultural reasons why they would not be touching.
-Carol
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