19th Century Post-mortem photography and memento mori
 
Images selected by
Alan Griffiths
 
This online exhibition is a lesson in the changing societal responses to death. In the 19th century it was socially acceptable and indeed expected that death-bed photographs would be taken as memento mori.

Curatorial note   As the online exhibition on issues related to death continues to expand I've decided to split it into two distinct but related parts. This part covers post-mortem photography and memento mori and there is now a separate exhibition on violent death and the abruptness of passing.   Alan Griffiths, 11 November 2010

 
Warning: These images may be considered disturbing and I would recommend that you do not view this exhibition if you are of a sensitive disposition.