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Reviving a Victorian custom

Posted by Leslie on January 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment

Respectful Insolence blog has a post about the bizarre Victorian custom of post-mortem photography. It was very popular back in those days to take pictures of loved ones who had just died. Sometimes the dead were posed in a beautiful manner or even a normal family photo might be taken. It is both creepy and yet heart-wrenching.

It seems that there is a resurrgence of these photos, especially for infants or young children. The website Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep is capturing these images for grieving families. While the children look to be only sleeping, it is with sad realization that they are no longer alive. Look only if you can bear it….