Postmortem photographs
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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.
Felice BeatoDate: 1860/08/21Reference: 569703i
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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- Pictures
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- Pictures
Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy Igorot woman displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 20 days. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1908? and 1924?]Reference: 663921i