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1883 widow snark:
To destroy weeds—introduce your widow to a bachelor and let nature take its course.

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2022-03-29

The fascinating world of wire funeral flower frames.

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2022-01-27

Death says please drink responsibly this
The Last Drop, Thomas Rowlandson, 1801

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2022-01-01

Died 1861, Albert Prince Consort. Post-mortem photograph taken 16 December 1861 by William Bambridge.
https://t.co/sKhDFwYff5

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2021-12-15

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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2021-11-25


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
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2021-11-23

"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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2021-11-11

Early 1880s all-crape mourning bonnet. 1883 mourning costume
https://t.co/gGtOg2Ojm8

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2021-11-07

A white-draped Mexican street-car hearse used for children, Mexico City, 1912

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2021-11-01

Executed in 1915, nurse Edith Cavell, who cared for German and Allied soldiers alike. Her murder inspired many grim images.
The Red Cross nurse holding German and British flags is said to be an image of Cavell.
https://t.co/uNZl4PK31Y

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2021-10-13

"Mary Stuart" mourning bonnets with ruche, c. 1897 and c. 1911. The illustration shows nun's veiling; the extant example's veil is crape.

https://t.co/84tUKhaYbX

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2021-10-12

"Lost," W.J. Perry, engraved by C.M. Jenkin, 1871-72.

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2021-10-02

The Consumptive Seamstress
from "How to Keep Well," by Dr. Evans, 1917
And The Wretched Sewing Girl, c. 1860

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2021-09-06

What the Cemetery Superintendent Sees: 1896: Flower Thieves, Grave Charms, Grief Arithmetically Measured, Repentance and Black Stockings, Is the Grave Secure?
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2021-09-01

Hearse feathers. Variations among hearse plumes.
1867 funeral feather tray or hearse plumes
1870 hearse plume
Belgian mourning plume.
Horsehair hearse plume
https://t.co/h3Px0kNfMr
https://t.co/JyTRqAjamo

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2021-08-30

For fearing the Reaper: A fight to the death--with Death. Plus other visits from the hooded King of Terrors.
https://t.co/IF42oFG7xA

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2021-08-20