Preferred label
Postmortem photographs
Alternative labels
Death portraits
Post-mortem photographs
Broader term
Photographs
Related terms
Memorial photographs
Portrait photographs
Scope note
Photographs of deceased persons or pets. The corpse is usally presented in a lifelike or resting pose, sometimes in a casket. These photographs were made to be preserved as keepsakes by those in mourning, beginning as early as 1839.
Editorial note
For photographs of living persons or pets that commemorate them after death, use MEMORIAL PHOTOGRAPHS.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term & TGMII term.