- Used
Seller: Auger Down Books, ABAA/ILAB, Marlboro, VT, U.S.A.Auger Down Books, ABAA/ILAB
AbeBooks seller since April 26, 2011
Condition: Used
£ 116.78
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
A macabre humorous novelty carte-de-visite showing a coffin containing the caricatured head of a deceased man beneath the caption "THIS POOR MAN WAS TALKED TO DEATH." The image parodies the visual language of Victorian mourning culturecoffins, memorial imagery, and epitaphswhile transforming it into a comic vignette. The joke plays on the familiar nineteenth-century phrase "talked to death," a hyperbolic expression suggesting that someone has been overwhelmed by excessive conversation, advice, or gossip. The phrase circulated in popular folklore and humor of the period and was sometimes linked to the Victorian medical diagnosis of "prostration," a condition describing physical collapse from stress or agitation. Comic and satirical CDVs formed a lively subgenre during the height of the carte-de-visite craze of the 1860s and 1870s. Publishers produced novelty cards featuring visual puns, mock memorial imagery, and caricature, intended for display in photograph albums alongside conventional portraits. The playful use of coffin imagery reflects a broader Victorian taste for humorous memento mori motifs within popular graphic culture. Very good condition with light toning and minor surface wear. Carte-de-visite novelty card. Albumen print illustration mounted on standard CDV card, approximately 2.5 x 4 inches.…
Seller Inventory # List3651
Bibliographic details
- Title
- "This Poor Man Was Talked to Death."
- Author
- [Early Photography Novelty]
- Publisher
- N.p.
- Publication year
- 1870
- Seller catalogs
- Americana - General, Photographs
Auger Down Books, ABAA/ILAB
Marlboro, VT, U.S.A.
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 3.02 | £ 4.16 |
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Store description
We are a small online-only store offering curated material relating to American history, as well as some general antiquarian stock.
Specialty
American History, Latin American HistoryAssociation member
Seller's business information
Auger Down Books, ABAA/ILAB
VT, U.S.A.
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Auger Down Books
Marco Panella
1505 Ames Hill Rd.
Brattleboro, VT 05301
augerdownbooks@gmail.com
267 303 1041
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