Preferred label
Memorial photographs
Alternative label
Morteotypes
Broader terms
Memorial works
Photographs
Related terms
Portrait photographs
Postmortem photographs
Scope note
Photographs that commemorate a deceased person or pet who is represented in the photograph while still alive. Photographs may be accompanied by vital statistics or verse, and may be framed by a black border; sometimes mounted on tombstones. Includes the rare cases of morteotypes, which are daguerreotypes attached to gravestones.
Editorial note
For photographs of corpses, use POSTMORTEM PHOTOGRAPHS. Used in a note under DAGUERREOTYPES and POSTMORTEM PHOTOGRAPHS.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term & TGMII term.