Victorian Era Funeral Customs and Rituals
Description: Curtains would be drawn and clocks would be stopped at the time of death. Mirrors were covered with crape or veiling to prevent the deceased's spirit from getting trapped in the looking glass.
Professional Mourners
Professional Mourners known as 'Mutes' were hired to walk behind the hearse in Victorian times. They wore black draped hats and coats and carried drap...
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Victorian Funeral Cards
During the Victorian Era, families would created invitations that was sent out to people in order to attend a wake or funeral. It was considered a pr...
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Victorian Grave Robbing
Grave robbery by the 'Resurrectionist Men', often doctors themselves was a problem in the 19th century as medical schools needed fresh cadavers for di...
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Victorian Hearses and Horses
If a funeral parlour did not have enough clients to warrant owning their own hearses and teams of horses, this task was contracted out to a carriage-m...
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Victorian Mourning Clothes
Victorians' fascination with death affected many aspects of everyday life, including dress. Fashion magazines advertised mourning versions of the late...
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