The Eerie Victorian Era Trend of Family Death Portraits

The Eerie Victorian Era Trend of Family Death Portraits
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In the 1850s, photography became much more affordable and accessible for consumers. This sparked a trend in the Victorian era of postmortem photography, where dead loves ones featured among the pages of family albums.

Here’s a 2-minute video by the HISTORY channel about this creepy fad. Known as memento mori (which means “remember you must […].

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2017-10-27 18:03