Post mortem

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.

After the invention of daguerrotype, the memorializing habits of people have changed: they've chosen the cheap, higher quality photographs instead of expensive and not so lifelike paintings. Painting dead people was common for centuries, so it's no surprise that, in the Victorian Era, post-mortem photos also came into…

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.

1871 Wood Engraving Art JD Linton Waverley Ball Victorian Willis Rooms YTG2

This site exists to discredit the idea of the Victorian standing post mortem photo. Post mortem photos do exist, but none of them are stand alone.

Fotografía post mortem de una mujer en el siglo XIX. Fotógrafo: L.H. Freeborn and son. Puede observarse el aparato de sujeción.

By Alice M. Boughton

Fotografía post mortem de dos hermanas gemelas en el siglo XIX. Kathy McMillan https://ar.pinterest.com/pin/456130268492538036/ Puede observarse parte de los aparatos de sujeción dentro de los círculos.

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...