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were a fad in Britain in the late 19th century. In the photographs, the model's head appears separated from the body; often the sitter holds it in their own hands. Although this genre is called headless portraiture, it is the head that is always present in the photograph, and the body may be absent.
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Many later photographers created similar images of men and women with severed heads, depicted held in their hands, laid on a platter or held aloft by the hair. Often in the other hand, the sitter carries the weapon of their own murder. The demand for such photographs was so high that many Victorian
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saying that "Rejlander saw his head on the shoulders of a gentleman in the town. …The curious thing is, that he did not so much see the modern gentleman as always the picture which the head suggested. It was some months before the artist ventured to ask the model to lend his head … and years before
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PhotoHistorica: Landmarks in Photography : Rare Images from the Collection of the Royal Photographic Society
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Unknown photographer (France). A bearded man holds his severed head in his hand, 1899.
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Fineman, Mia; Art (U.S.), National Gallery of; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts (2012).
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William Robert Bowles (1861-1918). Servant serving his head on a plate, circa 1900
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Charles William Allen (1818-1889), Canterbury. Headless portrait, 1880s.
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The most prolific photographer in this genre was British photographer
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photographers openly advertised this particular type of photography.
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William Henry Wheeler. Headless portrait, circa 1875.
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Faking it: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop
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Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Henry Peach Robinson
John the Baptist
Samuel Kay Balbirnie
Unknown photographer, 1890. Headless boy portrait.
Charles William Allen (1818-1889), Canterbury. Headless portrait, 1880s.
Unknown photographer, UK. Headless woman, 1900.
Unknown photographer (France). A bearded man holds his severed head in his hand, 1899.
William Robert Bowles (1861-1918). Servant serving his head on a plate, circa 1900
Faking it: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop
ISBN
978-1-58839-473-6
PhotoHistorica: Landmarks in Photography : Rare Images from the Collection of the Royal Photographic Society
ISBN
978-1-57965-169-5
Picture-Making Photography

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