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  On a similar note I also find Victorian memento mori photos interesting. I am not going to post any on here as they can be unsettling, but if anyone is curious a web search will show various sites. The Victorians wanted to have a souvenir of their dear departed so a photographer was dispatched after Great Uncle Fred had passed on. Once he was suited and booted he would be sat in a chair or even left in his coffin for his photo. They are sometimes referred to as PM photos - post mortem, but in the literal sense as 'after death' not actual photos of a post mortem. Sometimes the photographer wasn't able to get there for a few days and Fred wouldn't be at his best so the eyes would be painted on to the photo afterwards (early Photoshop!) Infant mortality wasn't great in those times so many of the photos were of babies and young children, often depicted in their mothers arms or propped up between siblings. The photos were called cabinet photos and displayed in a prominent place on the sideboard.

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