The Victorian period of history had a few customs that today are considered, in most western cultures, to be downright creepy. One of those practices had to do with remembering their dead through post-mortem photography, also known as memento mori or memorial portraiture.
El período victoriano de la historia tenía unas cuantas costumbres espeluznantes
La période victorienne de l'histoire avait quelques habitudes effrayantes
Die viktorianische Zeit der Geschichte hatte ein paar gruselige Sitten
Post-mortem photography the Victorian period
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