Victorian Mourning Die Cut Framed Prints | Skipper Family, 1870sThese elaborately die cut & embossed Victorian mourning prints are my favorite kinds of memorial ephemera to collect, and are increasingly difficult to acquire. Like most of the examples that come my way, these came to me from England, and out of respect for the family, I am selling the two together as a pair. I especially love the one that includes a photo of the deceased. The prints are in very good condition with some minor cracking to the black

This early Victorian mourning book was written in memory of a little boy who died at age 7

Amusing if cursory shortform bio of our favorite literary bad boy

The composition of a child in the clouds is a motif used in early American posthumous portraiture

I especially love the one that includes a photo of the deceased

late Victorian memorial consisting of a large casket plate surrounded by cloth flowers in its original shadow box

but you can totally carry this

a publisher error

The ornaments inside are all wooden

In between shoulders: 15”

it displays very well

It’s made of simple base metal with paste jewels

This gorgeous