If you look at the dress, the ribbon that the seller says is "holding her up" is clearly a ribbon at the waist. If it was holding her up it would have to go under the veil, but it doesn't look as if it is doing that. This looks like any other photo of this period, in which the sitters had to sit still for a long time while the exposure was being made. Who would want a picture of a dead woman bride and what reputable photographer (as this seems to be) would agree to do that? The flowers might be in her lap because she couldn't hold them still and they would have blurred otherwise. And to me, the woman appears to be focused on something, probably not the same thing the man was focused on, but who cares? I don't think dead people's eyelids are up like that, either.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Penny Ladnier Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:30 AM To: h-costume Subject: [h-cost] Is this real or not? I found a photo on eBay that is being described as a post-mortem bride photo. What do you think, is she death or not? Read the description the seller has of the bride. The item number is 380202466338. Penny Ladnier (who has been snow-bound for two weeks) Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, textiles, costume history _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
