victorian post mortem photography 2

i posted some victorian post mortem photographs yesterday, yet i wanted to post these on their own as i think they are different than those i posted yesterday. the difference is that in the others, the bodies were posed as if asleep - where as in these, the bodies are in coffins. there hasn't been any attempt of hiding what has happened. to modern eyes some of them may seem nearly surreal; we've got other references now, and a coffin reminds us of vampires and horror movies. but i guess back then, it was more an acceptance of what had happened.


i find the children in their coffins strange. some of them seem like dolls still in their packaging.