We See Dead People

Episode 265

Alison discusses the not-exclusively-Victorian practice of post-mortem photography. Memorial portraits of the dead were a common practice from the dawn of photography (and even before) through the early 20th Century. We discuss the photography, some famous post-mortem images, and the culture of mourning which surrounded these artifacts.

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