Paul Frecker
Fine Photographs

 

Theodora Vaccari
Anonymous, Italian
silver print

An inked inscription on the reverse of the mount reads ‘Giuseppe Baccari’ [sic] underneath which another (later) hand has written 'Pop's mother in coffin, Theodora Vaccari / One with hanky is daughter'. The dead woman’s initials appear on the side of the coffin.

Photographer and location unidentified, possibly Italian.

The print measures 4.6” by 6.2” (11.6 cm by 15.8 cm) and is mounted on a mid-brown mount of Bristol board with an elaborate design of scrolling printed in the margins; the mount measures 6.8” by 8.8” (17.3 cm by 22.3 cm).



code: pm0167
post mortem, post mortem portrait, post mortem portraits, mourner, mourners, mourning