Photos of deceased persons

I have done extensive research in the area of Victorian day-to-day practices as well as funerary customs. Post-mortem photography (if it could be afforded) was as much a part of
Victorian existence as modern-day rituals are to us in the 21st century.

It was neither morbid, gross, nor disrespectful, in fact, quite the opposite. The purpose was not only to capture a loved one's visage for a lasting keepsake but it was also considered a respected celebration of one's life, as long or as short as it was.

Titanic photos of deceased

And sorry to bust your claim that a standing post-mortem photo is an internet myth.....because it certainly is not! I have a post-mortem photo of an ancestral young adult relative who was "standing". - She was propped up by her waist which was cinched (hidden for the most part by a draped shawl)to a heavy iron prop stand representing a fence post.

And her head was held up by a live person standing behind and covered in a cloak that blended with the backd