I'm going to vote post mortem as well, and not just from the appearance of the child in the photo, but also from the story passed down with it--it makes sense to me that the reason your grandmother was so eager to get photos of her next child was because the only one she was able to get of this child was a post mortem one. I also think that had the child been disabled, that story would have been passed down as well, and if the illness leading to his death was so rapid, it seems unlikely that they would have taken the photo during those few days when he was probably sick in bed and in no fit shape for visiting photographers. Furthermore, expressions during this era of photography weren't quite THAT stiff (they no longer had to hold still for the camera for so long); there's actual emotion going on there, not just pose-for-the-camera faces. The younger sister... now, that child is freaked out!
-E House On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Jacqueline Johnson < jacqueline.m.john...@gmail.com> wrote: > I rather think this *is* a post mortem. Yes, I realize the kids are > standing, but if you've checked other PM pictures, posing them "naturally" > was a thing. And from the looks on those kid's faces...the other big one > was when a mother had died, you'll see these infant pictures with what > appears to be a woman holding the (ive)baby from under the sheet. Heavily > symbolic. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
