Their photographs served as keepsakes to remember the deceased. Post-mortem photography was also common in the nineteenth century when “death occurred in the home and was quite an ordinary part of life. Memento mori photography was a trend that came to be in the mid-19th century, which translates to “remember you must die,” was supported by photographers being commissioned at the time by families to photograph their deceased loved ones as a way to memorialize them.
For a single photograph, one has to sit for few seconds to minutes.
Although photography was in its infancy and the camera was costly and slow. The Victorians were fond of some weird traditions and photography, including post-mortem photography.
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