Authorities in Binghamton, New York, insist a couple of hours was not too long to discover the thanatoid scene in the Immigrant Ed Building.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Spectator] Reference

Electra threw up the sash, that the wintry air might revive him; and as the red glare of declining day streamed down from the sky-light upon the group, she looked from the easy-chair to the canvas, and mutely questioned: "Which is most thanatoid -- painter or painted?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice] Reference