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History, art, science, genealogy, California, and wildlife. Profile 📷: Self Portrait of Sarah Goodridge, 1830.
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Congratulations to the happy couple, and remember you are dying. The wedding portrait of William and Joan Judde. England, c. 1560. Above the skull you can make out the inscription WE BEHOWLDE OWER ENDE. More inscriptions in caption. #EarlyModern 2/2 Dulwich Picture Gallery, item no. DPG 354

The newlyweds, both dressed in black and looking rather somber, stand at either side of a small table. There's a human skull on the table, and the man and woman each rest a hand on the skull. In front of the happy couple, a human corpse rests on a low table. Inscriptions include THVS CONSVMYTHE OVR TYME, THE WORDE OF GOD HATHE KNIT VS TWAIN AND DEATH SHALL VS DIVIDE AGAYNE, LYVE TO DYE AND DYE TO LYVE ETERNALLY. The original frame is inscribed WHEN WE ARE DEADE AND IN OWR GRAVES, AND ALL OWRE BONES ARE ROTTUN, BY THIS SHALL WE REMEMBERD BE, WHEN WE SHULD BE FORGOTTYN.
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Gather ye rosebuds while you may..

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What did the bride threw instead of a bouquet? A femur?

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History, art, science, genealogy, California, and wildlife. Profile 📷: Self Portrait of Sarah Goodridge, 1830.
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