Post Mortem photography during the Victorian Era - In a time where premature death was common, people would take pictures following the death of family members to commemorate them and ease the grieving process.
Post Mortem photography during the Victorian Era - In a time where premature death was common, people would take pictures following the death of family members to commemorate them and ease the grieving process.
Here’s a great Atlas Obscura article about it.
edit: lol y’all can google it but you’re being taken in by a 40-year-old myth, downvote away