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Mourning portrait of K. Horvath-Stansith, née Kiss, artist unknown, 1680s A Child of the Honigh Family on its Deathbed, by an unknown painter, 1675-1700. A mourning portrait or deathbed portrait is a portrait of a person who has recently died, usually shown on their deathbed, or lying in repose, displayed for mourners.
1990: Escape artist Joseph W. "Amazing Joe" Burrus died on Halloween when the glass 'coffin' he was attempting to escape from collapsed under the weight of wet cement poured on top of it. Burrus died on the 64th anniversary of the death of Harry Houdini, who was Burrus' inspiration for the performance.
William Darrell "Bill" Lindsey (born Armstrong; May 18, 1935 – April 17, 2001), also known as Crazy Bill, was an American serial killer who murdered six women in St. Augustine, Florida, and one in Asheville, North Carolina, between 1983 and 1996. As part of a plea deal, he pleaded guilty to six of the murders and received a 30-year sentence ...
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.
On Wednesday, 41-year-old mom Jennifer Venditti shared chilling photos on Facebook of her and her 3-year-old son Channing, standing at the exact spot where Lane Graves was snatched just 30 minutes ...
William Darrell of Littlecote (1539–1589), MP for Downton William Darrell (Jesuit) (1651–1721), English Jesuit theologian and writer William Darell (clergyman) , also spelled Darrell, (d. after 1580), English Anglican clergyman and antiquarian
The last of the Darrell owners is connected with several scandals and the house's resident ghost story. William Darrell's father had left the house to his mistress Mary Danyell, but Darrell was able to recover it when he came of age in 1560. He spent lavishly, left his debts unpaid, and went to law with most of his neighbours, acquiring enemies ...
The Maze is a painting that Canadian artist William Kurelek produced while a patient at Maudsley Hospital in London. Kurelek was born in 1927 into a Ukrainian immigrant community in Alberta , Canada, and suffered through childhood from the oppression of his farmer father.