Memento mori victorian

Julia Stilley Lynn standing, and sister Hannah Stilley Willard. Mannsville, Oklahoma. Daughters of Alfred & Nancy Ann Stilley.

A look at Victorian methods for creating human hair jewelry and mementos.

In Victorian England, 15-20% of children died before their first birthday. In one city, Preston, the year 1844 saw 45% of the city’s total deaths being in children under the age of 5. Many poor families were forced to bury their dead in their own backyards because graveyard space was at a premium (and still […]

After the invention of daguerrotype, the memorializing habits of people have changed: they've chosen the cheap, higher quality photographs instead of

The Art of Post-Mortem Photography ✔ Fake Post-Mortem Photography ✔ The History of Victorian Post-Mortem Photos ✔ Cultural Variations ✔

*Shudder*