Victorian Momento Mori shadow box framed of John Brown. He passed June 23rd 1880, aged 57.
Moemento Mori is a Latin phrase meaning 'remember you must die', a symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death.
Postmortem photography or memento mori, was common practice of photographing a deceased person, collecting of hair or momento pieces added for remembrance.
Photo on death bed with poem, white flowers surrounding frame.
