Post mortem pictures victorian

This is for my “Twins” album, that I will probably never get around to finishing. These two look like redheads with either green or blue eyes.

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A Pretty Parade of the Pert Pulchritude of Prior Periods

In the nineteenth century, a morbid and curious custom has spread to various parts of the world: the photos were ”Post Mortem”. ”Post Mortem” comes from Latin, meaning after death. The...

Here, the mother is restraining her son's head movement with her hand rather than the clamping device commonly used on both children and adults during the long exposure.

Princess Tatiana Yusupova, sister of Zenaide Yusupova,1870s.A♥W

The yummy mummies of Instagram were far from the first to capture photographs of themselves breastfeeding, as these portraits of Victorian women in America demonstrate.

Na época vitoriana, as famílias abastadas fotografavam os mortos quando faziam o luto. Mórbido Talvez, mas era a única recordação numa época com mortalidade elevada. Veja 32 imagens aqui.

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