Funeralia

A  Guide to the Stages of Mourning

Grief is automatically triggered by loss as part of our psychological construction. Mourning, in ...

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Coffin Technology

For those waiting for Symbolism Sunday or some sort of special spooky Halloween surprise (whereve...

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Getting a Creative Burial, Dancing on Joseph Grimaldi’s Grave

Considered the “the first whiteface clown”, Grimaldi shuffled off the mortal coil on ...

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Spotlight On: Bilston (Battersea?) Box

A colourful piece and a statement on mortality, this enamelled box doesn’t have the fine quality ...

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Spotlight On: Memorial Bilston Enamel Box

A famous area for producing enamel the second half of the 18th century, Bilston in was renowned f...

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19th Century Mourning Art

This frame (with modern picture inserted) is an original memorial frame dated 1855. Take note of ...

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Spotlight On: 19th Century Swiss Memorial

This memorial dates from around the Swiss region c.1855 and combines hairwork with sepia to creat...

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Spotlight On: 1840s Mourning Wreath

Hairwork has a large role to play in the creation of much memorial art. Other hairwork memorials ...

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Spotlight On: Charlotte Portrait

The only child of George IV and the potential queen of the United Kingdom, Princess Charlotte’s d...

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BMW Tombstone – Taking It Too Far?

In my eyes, there’s never such thing as taking your passions too far, but this wonderful me...

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Photography, Part 4

The precedent for post-mortem photography verges on the ancient, with funeral and post-mortem ima...

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A  Guide to the Stages of Mourning

Grief is automatically triggered by loss as part of our psychological construction. Mourning, in ...

Read more   

Coffin Technology

For those waiting for Symbolism Sunday or some sort of special spooky Halloween surprise (whereve...

Read more   

Getting a Creative Burial, Dancing on Joseph Grimaldi’s Grave

Considered the “the first whiteface clown”, Grimaldi shuffled off the mortal coil on ...

Read more   

Spotlight On: Bilston (Battersea?) Box

A colourful piece and a statement on mortality, this enamelled box doesn’t have the fine quality ...

Read more   

Spotlight On: Memorial Bilston Enamel Box

A famous area for producing enamel the second half of the 18th century, Bilston in was renowned f...

Read more   

19th Century Mourning Art

This frame (with modern picture inserted) is an original memorial frame dated 1855. Take note of ...

Read more   

Spotlight On: 19th Century Swiss Memorial

This memorial dates from around the Swiss region c.1855 and combines hairwork with sepia to creat...

Read more   

Spotlight On: 1840s Mourning Wreath

Hairwork has a large role to play in the creation of much memorial art. Other hairwork memorials ...

Read more   
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Latest Lecture

Latest Lecture

Podcast Interview: A Thousand Facets Podcast

Please enjoy my recent podcast with Haunted History Chronicles, where I take you on a journey thr...

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A  Guide to the Stages of Mourning

Grief is automatically triggered by loss as part of our psychological construction. Mourning, in ...

Read more   

Coffin Technology

For those waiting for Symbolism Sunday or some sort of special spooky Halloween surprise (whereve...

Read more   

Getting a Creative Burial, Dancing on Joseph Grimaldi’s Grave

Considered the “the first whiteface clown”, Grimaldi shuffled off the mortal coil on ...

Read more   

Spotlight On: Bilston (Battersea?) Box

A colourful piece and a statement on mortality, this enamelled box doesn’t have the fine quality ...

Read more   
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Latest Lecture

Latest Lecture

Podcast Interview: A Thousand Facets Podcast

Please enjoy my recent podcast with Haunted History Chronicles, where I take you on a journey thr...

Watch the webinar   

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