@murdock.macabre: Thanks to high mortality rates and the rampant spread of disease, death was everywhere during the Victorian era. So many people came up with creative ways to remember the dead — including Victorian death photos. While it may sound macabre today, countless families used post-mortem photos to memorialize their lost loved ones. "It is not merely the likeness which is precious," said Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a Victorian-era English poet, as she gazed upon a post-mortem portrait, "but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the very shadow of the person lying there fixed forever!" For many people of the Victorian era, a post-mortem portrait might be their first experience with photography. The relatively new technology presented an opportunity to retain a permanent image of their deceased relatives — many of whom had never been photographed while they were alive. Today, Victorian death photos may seem disturbing. But for people in the 19th century, they provided comfort during times of grief. You can see some of the most striking examples of this practice in the gallery above. #creatorsearchinsights #postmortem #victorian #horror #theother #masalla #espiritualidad #medium #vidente #oldpic #oldpictures #horror #muerte #fantasmas #ghost #creep #creepy #creepypasta #epocavictoriana #ponmeenparati #terror #crime #mrincredible #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #all #parati

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