Fashionable Mourning Jewelry, Clothing and Customs by Mary Brett Acrylic Vibrant illustrations and an engaging

Vibrant illustrations and an engaging narrative invite the reader to wonder at nature’s seemingly endless variety of forms

funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death

This skull has some missing and loose teeth

Preserved turkey heart specimen in 4 ounce jar of 70% isopropyl alcohol

and stereoscopy shows a left- and right-eye view from a slightly different angle

Fashionable Mourning Jewelry, Clothing and Customs by Mary Brett Acrylic Vibrant illustrations and an engagingExplore 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