Morbid Anatomy

@morbidanatomy-blog

Surveying the Interstices of Art and Medicine, Death and Culture. The offiical Tumblr of the Morbid Anatomy Museum.

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Help us bring Walter Potter's Kitten Wedding to New York! - Help us bring Victorian eccentric taxidermist Walter Potter’s iconic Kittens' Wedding tableau to New York! - http://kck.st/2b8Vmxp

Crazy Taxidermy Museum - Stuffed Animals in Costumes (1965) [HD] (by britishpathe)

Thanks Joanna E.

Just love the bassoon soundtrack… so 60’s.

My Walter Potter kitten.

kittiesandbunnies

http://www.amazon.com/Walter-Potters-Curious-World-Taxidermy/dp/1472109503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389949647&sr=8-1&keywords=walter+potter%27s+curious+world+of+taxidermy

Chantecler - 1911 gelatin silver prints - Museum of the City of New York

vanitas tableau in wax, with one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I and the other, a skull swarming with insects and reptiles (18th century) (via wellcomeimages.org)

camilotangerine

Ayacucho School, The Carmelite Vine, 18th century, oil on canvas, Monasterio de Santa Teresa, Ayacucho, Peru.

Monastery of Santa Catalina

Talla antigua de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, la Soledad, de Torredonjimeno (detalle)

ordocarmelitarum

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Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then give thy holy one to see corruption. - Psalm 15:10

Saint Magdalen, pray for us!

ordocarmelitarum

Santa Maria Maddalena de’ Pazzi

propaganda-fide

Sta. María Magdalena de Pazzi, Andrés López, Templo del Carmen, Cdad. de México

Virgen de los Desamparados (Our Lady of the Foresaken), Valencian School

Feast day observed on the Second Sunday of Mary

ordocarmelitarum

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then give thy holy one to see corruption. - Psalm 15:10

Saint Magdalen, pray for us!

Cup3Tint3: Jacopo Ligozzi

ancient-serpent

Wax memento mori pieces, 17th century, showing a man on his deathbed, and another in purgatory (via The Thanatos Archive)

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