Sujet
Post-Mortem on Pillow, Vertical, c. 1850. Creator: Unidentified Photographer.
Légende
Post-Mortem on Pillow, Vertical, c. 1850. Children have always been particularly cherished subjects for photography. Portraits were made to preserve the memory of their stages of growth and, in an age when long-distance travel was rare, to share with faraway relatives. And, for a sadder reason: in 1840 an estimated one-third of children died before age five. Photography offered grieving parents the opportunity to immortalize their children?s features. This tragic genre of photographs, later called "post-mortems," often depicts the children in fine clothing, laying down with eyes shut, as if merely napping.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G00_440
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
57,9Mo (5,5Mo) / 34,7cm x 41,9cm / 4096 x 4944 (300dpi)