Post-Mortem Photography

1. Consent

1.1. Consent to do this was from the family of the deceased

2. Positives and Negatives

2.1. Positive- Family gets a way to remember their loved ones

2.2. Negative- Its extremely creepy and eerie. Terrifying stuff

3. Extra info

3.1. Sometimes, the families would have funerals in their homes and the cadaver would stay in the home for weeks!

4. Definition

4.1. In the Victorian Era, it was a tradition to take lively pictures of a recently deceased family member or friend

4.1.1. Victorian Era: The time in England when it was ruled by Queen Victoria

4.1.2. The Victorian Era was part of the british reconstruction

5. Tradition

5.1. Based on what I know, it was a tradition short lived. Only in the Victorian Era did this become very popular

6. Hopes

6.1. I hope to learn who came up with the idea in the first place!