Nutshell Studies Of Unexplained Death Attic

Bizarre and utterly fascinating the nutshell studies of unexplained death is a dark and disturbing photographic journey through criminal cases and the mind of frances glessner lee grandmother dollhouse maker and master criminal investigator.

Nutshell studies of unexplained death attic. Miss jessie compton was discovered dead in her house by mr. Harry frazer a milk delivery man who gave this statement. Reported to nutshell laboratories tuesday december 24 1946. Nutshell studies of unexplained death room from afar photography by corinne may botz.

The nutshell studies of unexplained death. Harry frazer a milk delivery man who gave this statement. In order to create the burnt cabin of one nutshell her carpenter built a perfect wooden hut and promptly burnt it down using a blowtorch. Glessner lee used her inheritance to establish a department of legal medicine at harvard medical school in 1936 and donated the first of the nutshell studies in 1946 for use in lectures on the subject of crime scene investigation.

Photographer corinne may botz stumbled across the nutshell studies while making a video about women who collect dollhouses. Frances glessner lee and the nutshell studies of unexplained death at the smithsonian american art museum s renwick gallery. Attic by frances glessner lee. These were not effigies of a crime scene.

Frances glessner lee and the nutshell studies of unexplained death is on view at the renwick gallery from october 20 2017 to january 28 2018. The detective artist s work is being showcased in murder is her hobby. Reported to nutshell laboratories tuesday december 24 1946. They were exact replicas.

I n the 1940s frances glessner lee a chicago heiress to the international harvester fortune built the nutshell studies of unexplained death composite crime scene models recreated on a one inch to one foot scale. She made her scenes to train homicide investigators to convict the guilty clear the innocent and find the truth in a nutshell. These macabre dioramas were purpose built to be used as police training tools to help crime scene investigators learn the art and science of detailed forensics based detection. Media in category nutshell studies of unexplained death the following 34 files are in this category out of 34 total.

The nutshell studies of unexplained death are a series of nineteen twenty were originally constructed intricately designed dollhouse style dioramas created by frances glessner lee 1878 1962 a pioneer in forensic science. Description of events information that accompany the attic diorama. Miss jessie compton was discovered dead in her house by mr.