N.p. c. 1860s–1870s. Carte-de-visite novelty card. Albumen print illustration mounted on standard CDV card, approximately 2.5 x 4 inches. A macabre humorous novelty carte-de-visite showing a coffin containing the caricatured head of a deceased man beneath the caption “THIS POOR MAN WAS TALKED TO DEATH.” The image parodies the visual.....