Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts:
A History of Burial
"A daring and satisfying approach to a difficult subject."
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Images from Corpses, Coffins and Crypts: A History of Burial
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Penny's books are rich with compelling visual images. She does her own picture research and takes
photographs for many of her books. Here are four images from Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial (from left to right): During one of her many cemetery excursions, she photographed the figure carved from white marble that lies flat on the grave of D. G. Haring Doremus, who
drowned on August 5, 1881, at the age of eight (the cover image). Another time,
she photographed a grave with Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations, (p. 10). Then on an icy, cold day, she discovered a grave marker with an attention-getting epitaph (p. 184). She photographed members of her family at the burial of the cremated remains of her great-uncle Willi Matousek in Korycany, Czech, Republic (p. 139).Corpse, Coffins, and Crypts has 130 images.
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