Victorian England had a bunch of strange fads.
For example, tattoos were very popular, especially with Victorian women.
Bizarrely, post-mortem photography was also all the rage.
In these photographs, people would take a recently deceased family member and stage them, either in a family portrait or alone, as if the deceased was just sleeping or resting.
Sadly, these people still looked totally dead.
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