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Rings 15.02.2012
1911 Mourning Ring, Australian

20th Century Mourning Rings

This is one of the last pieces in the traditional mourning style for its time. The bold ‘in memory of’…

Rings 25.01.2012
1880 Locket Ring

Anna Schrarn, 1881 Locket Ring

As seen in the ‘Discovering a 19th Century Swivel Ring’ piece, this ring shares remarkably the same style in terms…

Art 06.10.2010

Photography + Ephemera

Photography and memorial ephemera are intrinsically linked and the use of photography within memorial ephemera only grew as the process…

Art 16.09.2010

The Burns Archive Memento Mori Exhibit on Manhattan News

Ah, those wonderful people at The Burns Archive have been featured on Manhattan News and below is a look at…

Photography 14.08.2010

The Burns Archive: Dressed to Distress

Rather than write a myriad of superlatives about how magnificent the Burns Archive is, I’d rather let you all discover…

Photography 25.07.2010

The Burns Archive Blog

One of the most important inventions of modern times is the photograph. Its impact on human history has finally opened…

Comments

  • User AvatarArt of Mourning
    Thank you, Janet, that is incredibly kind!
  • User Avatarjanet ray
    i love your website.....it is so informative and beautiful.
  • User AvatarArt of Mourning
    Certainly, Graham - I'll be sure to create a new...