Memento mori - Remember that you are mortal

Abney Park Cemetery

Southampton Old Cemetery

Highgate Cemetery

photos courtesy National Federation of Cemetery Friends
http://www.cemeteryfriends.org.uk/4.html

http://www.cemeteryfriends.org.uk/index.html

The Victorian Attitude to Death

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Dead photos – Victorian post-mortem photographs

Death - the last taboo

Victorian Mourning Garb

(Thank you to Elspeth for suggesting the subject of Victorian death photography.)