Death & Mourning in Victorian England

An illustrated talk on how Victorians mourned their dead. Fascinating mourning rituals involved elaborate etiquette, distinctive clothing and long mourning periods in order to remember loved ones - two years for a widow. An entire funerary industry grew up during the Victorian period which included memorial china, jet and hair jewellery and black-bordered stationery. Sarah Tobias is a lecturer in social & cultural history, public speaker, tour guide, dramatic narrator.