Someone recently showed me this blog on "Hidden mothers in Victorian
portraits", but it seems to be a much different phenomenon than the
faces being scratched out in family photos.
http://ridiculouslyinteresting.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/hidden-mothers-in-victorian-portraits/
Kathryn
On Jul 5, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Museum discussion list wrote:
> The scratched faces sound like something out of a horror film - "The
> Woman in Black" comes to mind. I have seen one photograph where the
> father's face was scratched out, though I'm not sure if it's legit,
> since it was posted on a Flickr stream. I have also read that it was
> common practice to do this with the parents if they were in photos
> with children. Not sure how true that is. I'm not an expert but I
> love looking at Victorian photos, so I'm very interested to see what
> others think!
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> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Debra Tayes
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> This is a wonderful movie:
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> The Ballad of Little Jo is a 1993 western film inspired by the true
> story of a society
> woman who tries to escape the stigma of bearing a child out of
> wedlock. She is banned
> from her family, sent off into the streets with no money. She
> decides to scare her face
> and become a man, in order to survive.
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> Very interesting true story.
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> Debra
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> On 7/4/2012 12:51 PM, Judith Parker wrote:
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> Dear readers,
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> I am researching the phenomena of 19th century photographs of women,
> in family portraits (large group or with a child), who have had
> their faces scratched out, usually with black lines (at some later
> time). These mid 19th century photographs, usually ambrotypes (mid
> 1850s-1860s), or stereoscope views, or other family portrait
> photographs are a mystery!
> What did these young women do to have their faces are scratched out
> in this way? Did they disgrace themselves regarding a religious
> matter? What was their shameful behaviour? Moreover, I have never
> seen a man's face scratched out.
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> Any assistance with reference material or information about why
> this phenomena occurred would be greatly appreciated.
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> Judith.
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