Stories
- Article
Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
- Article
Crime drama and the realistic cadaver
Today we are accustomed to the increasingly realistic look of dead bodies in on-screen dramas. Special-effects expert Hildegunn M S Traa reveals how crime and morgue scenes reflect the social idea of death.
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Lustmord and the three perspectives of murder
Artist Jenny Holzer's work shines a light on the three perspectives of sexual murder: the victim, the perpetrator and the observer.
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Keeping death close
Scattering her father’s ashes, Lauren Entwistle found herself longing for something physical that proved he once was a living, breathing person. Here she reflects on the objects that help us to grieve and remember.
Catalogue
- Books
Portraits of plants / Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (1533-1588).
Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588.Date: [1984?]- Books
The work of Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues : a Huguenot artist in France, Florida, and England.
Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588.Date: [1977], ©1977
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
M0006141: Methods of treating the sick, from Le Moyne de Morgues: Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae (1591)
Date: 09 March 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/51/40Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Paris qui souffre : la basse geôle du Grand châtelet et les morgues modernes (Éd. 1887) / Adolphe Guillot.
Guillot, Adolphe, 1836-1905.Date: [2013?]- Books
Paris qui souffre : la basse geôle du Grand châtelet et les morgues modernes / par Adolphe Guillot ... Avec une préface par Ernest Daudet.
Guillot, Adolphe, 1836-1905.Date: 1887