Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning “Remember you shall die”. In the Victorian era, photography was young and extremely costly. When a loved one died, their relatives would sometimes have a photograph taken of the corpse in a pose – oftentimes with other members of the family. For the vast majority of Victorians, this was the only time they would be photographed.Tumblr (3.0; @fuckyeahmementomori)http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dca0c26dbb7e194358160152978e37e7/tumblr_ml5vfgnbzu1qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/47807097259http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/47807097259Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:23:40 -0400post mortempost mortem photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/28a67522660e43a560ad2209ed774d8d/tumblr_ml5ve0beo71qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/47807030312http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/47807030312Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:22:48 -0400post mortempost mortem photographyvictorian<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/52fc19fba2c74576de75c600d40953eb/tumblr_mkwszrKvbR1qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/47411811399http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/47411811399Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:52:00 -0400memento moripost mortempost mortem photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8bdc59cf82a679af8bf852fb4197939c/tumblr_mkwsx7OTEx1qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/47411686694http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/47411686694Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:51:07 -0400post mortempost mortem photographymemento mori<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a1740d1a55443830e442ff09725f9657/tumblr_mkwsw27ACw1qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/47411631688http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/47411631688Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:50:26 -0400memento moriport mortem photographypost mortemvictorian<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljlwptvUn51qikoufo1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4586158945http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4586158945Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:56:17 -0400victorian eravictorianVictorian Post Mortemvictorian post mortem photographymemento mori<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljiipbCAei1qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4538546565http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4538546565Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:00:48 -0400memento morideadpost mortem photography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhpf0UVdG1qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4525600515http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4525600515Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:28:12 -0400deadpost mortem photographypost mortemmemento morivictorian<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljf2gjmEnH1qikoufo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4484325203http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4484325203Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:17:07 -0400deadpost mortem photographymemento mori<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljf2dvCEF61qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hush little baby</p>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4484285457http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4484285457Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:15:31 -0400deadpost mortem photographypost mortemvictorianmemento mori<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljf1mgPXWV1qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A brother and sister posing with their dead sibling</p>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4483870896http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4483870896Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:59:04 -0400deadpost mortem photographypost mortemmemento morivictorian era<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljdymq7knZ1qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dalton Gang <br/><br/>Left to right:  <span>Bill Power; Bob Dalton; Grat Dalton, Dick Broadwell<br/><br/>October, 1892 </span></p>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4465165171http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4465165171Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:56:50 -0400memento morideadvictorian post mortemport mortem photographypost mortem<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj8g214rrK1qio371o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4465023748http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4465023748Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:46:31 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li770ydgVf1qbdg7oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://alejandromathe.tumblr.com/post/3949283898">alejandromathe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Ioana Constantinescu passed away in the autumn of 1909. <br/><em>Cause of death</em>: Suicide by ‘purposeful ingesting large quanities of her own blood.’ - Stated by and concluded the official autopsy and coroners reports.<br/><strong>Timișoara, Romania.</strong></span></p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464917452http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464917452Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:38:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lidy3z03Kf1qaq6w8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464822038http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464822038Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:31:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj6w4oAY6N1qapeoxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464810864http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464810864Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:30:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljdx8iUz7D1qikoufo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sleeping Beauty (1870)</p>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464762258http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464762258Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:26:00 -0400deadpost mortemvictorian post mortemvictorian post mortem photographymemento morivictorian<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljdx1tIsgN1qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464711952http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464711952Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:22:41 -0400post mortemvictorian post mortemvictorian post mortem photographydead<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljdwvatSW61qikoufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Eliza L. Aughe. Died April, 1885.</p>http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464663012http://fuckyeahmementomori.tumblr.com/post/4464663012Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:18:46 -0400victorian post mortem photographyvictorian post mortempost mortemdeadvictorian