Fashionable Mourning Jewelry, Clothing and Customs by Mary Brett Acrylic It measures approximately 9" long

It measures approximately 9" long and 5" wide

Dorcus titanus typhon in black shadow box frame measuring 5x5"

Architectural marvels

talking boards

funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death

Fashionable Mourning Jewelry, Clothing and Customs by Mary Brett Acrylic It measures approximately 9" longExplore the many fascinating nineteenth century traditions associated with death and mourning. The widespread influence of England's Queen Victoria perpetuated displays of grieving as she, her court, and loyal subjects remained in a state of mourning for over forty years. Over 300 color photographs display jewelry, photography and painted portraits, children's, men's, and women's clothes; poems, letters of sympathy, armbands, procession badges, hair