THE VIRTUAL VICTORIAN: TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DEAD

THE VIRTUAL VICTORIAN: TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DEAD: As gruesome as it may seem today, during the Victorian era there was a widely accepted trend for taking photographs of the deceased....

TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DEAD

As gruesome as it may seem today, during the Victorian era there was a widely accepted trend for taking photographs of the deceased. Some pictures even showed the dead as if they were still living, being washed and clothed in their Sunday best, arranged in a naturalistic pose with their parents or their siblings.