Chris Woodyardさんのイラストまとめ

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead The fascinating world of wire funeral flower frames.

Death says please drink responsibly this #NewYearsEve.
The Last Drop, Thomas Rowlandson, 1801
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Children of the Corn Angels, 1914

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Died #OTD 1861, Albert Prince Consort. Post-mortem photograph taken 16 December 1861 by William Bambridge.
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#FolkloreThursday Jack Frost costume by Wilhelm, 1894.
https://t.co/utQgguE27S

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Cast iron and wood draped urn hearse ornament. Blackened carved wood flaming urn hearse finials. 1870s catalog showing similar hearse urns/finials.
https://t.co/XqMXqoNt3M
Former eBay listings

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Mourning walking costume, 1824, Petit Courrier des Dames
1824 bonnet, although no mourning provenance
Mourning bracelet of similar pattern; the ones in the print are possibly hairwork.
https://t.co/gZ2b3yKW94
https://t.co/wImJh9vu5v

#FolkloreThursday "Pearls mean tears" also applies to the tears of mourning. Pearls are used to symbolise grief in mourning jewels.
https://t.co/mzUXtIDY8D
Cowans Auctions
Skinner Auctions
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Early 1880s all-crape mourning bonnet. 1883 mourning costume
https://t.co/gGtOg2Ojm8

For #ForteanFriday in advance of setting the clocks back this weekend, "Tick-Tock - A Medium Clock." A mediumistic clock communicated accurate information by ticks and tocks.
https://t.co/2aEH34iSTa