Catherine Gladstone, wife of Prime Minister William Gladstone, in May 1898, the month of his death - Bridgeman If death was big business to the Victorians, they were only following the lead of their ...
In a small room, an unoccupied wooden coffin rests in the center. In another, a buttoned-up black wedding dress is paired with a dark, lace mourning veil. On a table lays wreaths of hair and lit ...
Source: Carl Rudolph Sohn (1845-1908) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Victorian society of the late 1800s was obsessed with death. Queen Victoria set the tone for this after the death of ...
MARIETTA, GA — If a visit to a haunted house for Halloween just isn’t enough this year, how about a Victorian funeral experience? Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society is providing one at one of the ...
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