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.

Skulls and skeletons of friars arranged columns around the walls of a chapel. Photograph.

Taku, China: the North Fort: Chinese corpses following the capture of the fort by the English and French armies on August 21st 1860, during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.

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.

Skeletons of priests (?), preserved and standing in rows wearing robes and berettas, depicted in a painting. Photograph.

A dead man, wearing robes, lying on his deathbed. Photograph.

Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy man displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 24 days. Photograph, 19--.

Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy Igorot woman displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 20 days. Photograph, 19--.

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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.

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.

A dead man, wearing robes, lying on his deathbed. Photograph.

Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy man displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 24 days. Photograph, 19--.

Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy Igorot woman displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 20 days. Photograph, 19--.

Postmortem photographs

Images from the collections

Images of Postmortem photographs

Works from the collections

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.

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.

A dead man, wearing robes, lying on his deathbed. Photograph.

Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy man displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 24 days. Photograph, 19--.

Philippines: the dead body of a wealthy Igorot woman displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked for 20 days. Photograph, 19--.

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