Paul Frecker
Fine Photographs

Willi Stenger, 1931
Anonymous, Bamberg, Germany
snapshot

A small snapshot showing a young man in a nightshirt laid out on a bier. He's surrounded with church candles and at his head there's an open bible and a crucifix.

An inked inscription verso written in Kurrentschrift identifies the young man and gives the location and date, 14 August 1931. 

Photographer unidentified.

The snapshot measures 3.5" by 2.5"' (8.8 cm by 6.4 cm). 



code: pm0230
post mortem, post mortem portrait, post mortem portraits, Willi Stenger, Bamberg