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Postmortem photographs

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  • Skulls and bones of friars, looking towards the altar of a chapel. Photograph.
  • Taku, China: the North Fort: Chinese corpses on the day of the fort's capture by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
  • A human skull reused as a banjo. Photograph, 19--.
  • Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome: skulls and skeletons of the friars arranged in arches and columns around the walls of the Convento dei Cappuccini. Photograph.
  • An elderly man after his death. Photograph, 1840/1855.
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    Taku, China: the North Fort bearing raised British and French flags; Chinese corpses in the foreground; on the day of the fort's capture by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.

    Beato, Felice, 1832-1909. | Date: 1860/08/21 | Reference: 569703i
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    Tibet: a dead body being eaten by dogs. Photograph, 19--.

    | Date: [1900?] | Reference: 663968i
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    Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome: skulls and skeletons of the friars arranged in arches and columns around the walls of the Convento dei Cappuccini. Photograph.

    | Date: [1900?] | Reference: 664121i
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    A dead man, wearing robes, lying on his deathbed. Photograph.

    Smythe, Adrian, active approximately 1900? | Date: [1900?] | Reference: 38494i
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    Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy man displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 24 days. Photograph, 19--.

    | Date: [between 1908? and 1924?] | Reference: 663917i
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