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Trippin' Through Time

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

What horrible 19th century plague do you think the subject of this painting was dying of?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Unfortunately, Wikipedia (French) doesn't provide any information regarding the illness the (already 2 hours dead) woman had been suffering of. If she didn't die from a 17th century disease, it could also be a post partum death.

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Her kids singing baby shark just out of frame.