Victorian Era Post Mortem Photography

[carkees]

This is a tribute video to the children of the Victorian Era who died at birth or of a sickness that ultimately took their lives music by cloe of the Celtic women Brahams Lullaby i own no rights to these pictures.

[Karma]

[Faline]

Thanks for sharing

[theimaginaryduck]

They all look so peaceful...

That picture of those twins at the end is really sad

[Sharon]

The children with their eyes partially open are awful

Thanks

[BSNERRN]

Originally Posted by Sharon

The children with their eyes partially open are awful

Thanks

The photos in this compilation, with open eyes are not deceased. And closed eyes don't always mean dead. MANY photos out there labeled post mortem because eyes are closed, are not pm. If a child is in a parent's lap, more often than not, child is sleeping. In early days of photography, due to exposure times, it was easier to photograph small children as they slept.

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by BSNERRN

The photos in this compilation, with open eyes are not deceased. And closed eyes don't always mean dead. MANY photos out there labeled post mortem because eyes are closed, are not pm. If a child is in a parent's lap, more often than not, child is sleeping. In early days of photography, due to exposure times, it was easier to photograph small children as they slept.

Thank you, yes I understand that however the photos were still sad regardless. I used to be a mortician so saw eyes in many varying states.