Post-mortem photography – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Blimey, you learn something every day. Post-mortem photography in the Victorian era. Something I picked up on due to a snippet on Facebook. Apparently they would prop the eyes open or paint eyeballs onto the lids. If the corpse was photographed standing it would be supported by a prop.
I wonder if any countries still do this?
The one standing is the corpse. Notice the hands.
Good grief, that really is weird!
My goodness! Morbid yet fascinating!!
It brings a whole new meaning to the film “Death becomes her”!
That is a bit creepy! I had no idea that this happened.
I’ve never seen them standing, propped up, but I have seen pictures of singles and entire families from the late 1800s and early 1900s sitting propped up in chairs. But in all of these, the eyes remain closed; I’ve never seen one with eyes kept open. Supposedly it’s for the living who will miss them, to keep as comfort, reminders that a part of them will always remain.