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  • The Life & Times of Mrs. Thomas Andrews special episode explains how Macabre was present in the everyday life of the Victorian’s & Edwardian’s. Part One

The Life & Times of Mrs. Thomas Andrews special episode explains how Macabre was present in the everyday life of the Victorian’s & Edwardian’s. Part One

January 11, 2020 / Mrs Andrews / History, Mrs. Andrews
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Victorian Tales of the Macabre:  Part One.

Featuring true “Tales of the Macabre” in the 19th & early 20th century at the time of Mr. & Mrs.  Andrews.  Observing proper & accepted rituals of Victorian Mourning surrounding the death of a loved one, postmortem photography, funeral attire & memorial cards.  Taxidermy displays in the Victorian & Edwardians homes & business.  Also featured at fairs & museums. Realistic wax sculptures in store displays & anatomical wax figures for medicine practice.  These human look a likes featured human hair, realistic glass eyes & sometimes teeth.  Medicines & Poisons, side shows, freak shows, 1893 World’s Fair Chicago Columbian Exposition.

True crime tales featured in the papers:  H.H. Holmes, Captain Kendall & Scotland yard & the capture of Dr. Hawley Crippen, Jack the Ripper, Lizzie Borden, realistic wax heads for store display & practices in medicine.

Photo Below:  Possibly a P. Imans rendering as his the earlier, late Victorian waxes were of a much darker wax than those found later during the late teens & early 1920’s.  Vanaria collection.

Wax head featured in “Victorian Tales of the Macabre” Private collection of Denise D. Vanaria

 

Links of Interest:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/78e73z/19th-century-wax-figures-slice-open-the-human-body

 

 

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