Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
I can't believe this was a genre: The Creepiest Headless Portraits from the Victorian Era
How did they do it?
How did they do it?
Headless Victorians - Weird!
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David Mitchell
Well-Known Member
My guess is that they created the negative then placed the head part of the negative in the correct position when printing on the enlarger?
Julian de'Courcy
Well-Known Member
Rob it may have been for real 
? interesting find. I wonder how influence this was from the paintings, many of which depict heads severed and being held aloft, Rubens, Luini and so on. Probably more about, we can do this so why not.
A glass negative and painted on or subtracted ?
? interesting find. I wonder how influence this was from the paintings, many of which depict heads severed and being held aloft, Rubens, Luini and so on. Probably more about, we can do this so why not.A glass negative and painted on or subtracted ?
Andrew Cotterill
Well-Known Member
These are really quite weird. Some remind me of Terry Gilliam's animations for Monty Python.
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
i've heard that those old plate cameras could make you loose your head Rob....
I'l get my coat.... and axe
I'l get my coat.... and axe
