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Oct 22, 2017 · They are either completely fake, or they are pictures of living people being passed off as postmortem photos. We invite you to listen to our podcast, read the transcript below or watch the YouTube video at the bottom of this post.
Jun 4, 2016 · In images that are both unsettling and strangely poignant, families pose with the dead, infants appear asleep, and consumptive young ladies elegantly recline, the disease not only taking their...
Oct 11, 2021 · In a post ostensibly showing Victorian postmortem photos, number eight on the list is an image that has been passed around many corners of the Internet—Viralnova quotes the photo source as...
Oct 27, 2017 · The bodies of the dead were posed by the photographer and his assistants, typically in one of several positions; reclining, sitting, or sleeping, as in the photograph below. Later, they were often photographed in their coffins, dispelling any illusion of life, but showing the “sereneness” of death. Wikimedia Commons.
- Girl Holding Money. This little girl looks anxious about having her photo taken but she is not deceased. She is even holding some money in her left hand.
- Mysterious Woman. Some say this is the corpse of a famous clairvoyant. However, it is a sculpture by Christine Elfman made of plaster and paper mâché.
- Well-Dressed Boy. This is another one that mystifies us. We see nothing that suggests this boy was dead. He’s alert, holding his head up, and looking at the camera.
- Not Victorian, But Quite A Story. This couple was not Victorian, and they were not dead. Someone made up a big story about the woman being dead two days, and the man, being in denial, and having a photo made.
Oct 27, 2017 · Known as memento mori (which means “remember you must die”), the trend became increasingly popular for a period of time, and even Queen Victoria slept underneath a photo of her dead husband.
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Death was an ever-present reality in Victorian society, and many people died young, so having a photograph of a deceased loved one was a way to ensure that they were not forgotten. For others, Victorian death photography was a way to deal with the grief of losing a loved one.
