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32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

File these under "creepy as hell"

By Officer Farva

Published 10 years ago

File these under "creepy as hell"
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    In Victorian Times, many families would take "death portraits" of recently-deceased family members.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Photography was new, and expensive, so most regular folks didn't have pictures of their loved ones.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Also known as "post-mortem photography," the practice flourished with people who wanted a keepsake of their deceased family members.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Since infant and childhood mortality were so high, the subjects were often children.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Many people preferred to have a photo of their dead relative than no photo at all.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Death portraits often included the person's favorite things, like this sweet photo of a man with his dogs.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Subjects could be posed as though they were asleep. The little girl on the right may have been sitting for this portrait for hours with her dead sister.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Or they could be positioned so they didn't fall over.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    This photo includes the littlest child, who's being propped up to fall in line with her siblings.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    This man's arm is being used to hold up his head.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    The baby in this photo is actually sitting on someone's lap.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    It's hard to believe this guy is dead, he's standing with such an upright bearing.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Someone is probably underneath that curtain to help this little boy stand.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    This incredibly tragic photo shows a whole young family who died together. They may have died in an accident, given their visible injuries.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Even beloved pets could have death photos taken.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Since the exposure time was so long, any movements would cause blurring in the photo. You can tell the woman in the middle is deceased because she's perfectly clear.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    This little one was posed to look asleep.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    This poor family lost two littles ones at the same time.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    This little guy is posed with his favorite toy, a stick and hoop.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    And this one likely had its eyes painted open.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Some families would have cards made and mailed to relatives who lived far away.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    And a mother holding her child who died. It's sort of sad, but also sort of sweet.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    According to the note above the photo, this girl was photographed 4 days after her death, but she looks remarkably alive.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Two years after death!

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Sometimes the portrait would be with the whole family.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Flowers were a popular prop. This girl is beautifully posed as though she's arranging white roses.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    This young woman's pose looks pretty and natural, but her eyes don't look quite alive.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    The little girl on the right has had her hair cut short, suggesting that her baby brother died of a fever.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    This young woman seems to have been photographed in her wedding veil.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    This girl is posed with her eyes open, as though she had just looked up from her book.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    Here's the person who passed away, surrounded by loved ones.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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    This poor man is looking down at his wife's face, perhaps for the last time.

    32 Haunting Victorian Death Portraits

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