Photographs of Abbots Leigh, Somerset - Holy Trinity Church (Plaque to Sir Philip Miles)
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Holy Trinity Church (Plaque to Sir Philip Miles), Abbots Leigh

Abbots Leigh, Holy Trinity Church (Plaque to Sir Philip Miles)


This inscription plaque to Sir Philip MILES d. 1888 under the tower incorporates a photograph of the corpse. This is early for photography and is the earliest example of this uncommon practice in England that I know of - unless readers know differently. Of course today in cemeteries a photograph is often incorporated in the headstone, a practice we seem to have imported from the continent in the last 10 years or so, where e.g in France photographs of the commemorated can be seen from the early 20th century in country churchyards.

(Commentary provided by Phil Draper)
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