Photography
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Theatre of the Dancing Witches Collection #1
Polite society during the Victorian era was wafer thin. When we begin to dig a little deeper, we find the same appetites and vices as we have today. And why wouldn’t we? Nothing really separates our own inner workings from men and women who lived 130 years ago. In 1859 a members only ‘theatre’ sprang…
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Post-mortem Photography (My Sleeping Beauty) Collection #1
Most people with a keen interest in Victorian history will have come across post-mortem photography (more commonly known as death photography). It was a style of photography which flourished during the latter part of the 19th century. Most post-mortem photographs floating around the public domain tend to depict deceased family members in an early stage…
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Victorian Hoax Photography Collection #2 (Ghost Edition)
Today we are sharing more Victorian hoax photography, except today the theme is ghosts. As with last time, photograph #1 is the best example of a ghost hoax we have in our archives. You can use it as a yardstick for how utterly terrible the other attempts are. We particularly like photograph #3; you can…
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The Gentlemen’s Moth Appreciation Society of England Collection #1
The Gentlemen’s Moth Appreciation Society of England was founded in 1768. It was the governing body of all 57 registered moth societies across the country until its abrupt disbanding in 1900. This society converged around a shared, often lifelong love of the moth. While many of us are terrified by the mere mention of this…
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