Fashionable Mourning Jewelry, Clothing and Customs by Mary Brett Acrylic funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives

funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death

and other creepy-crawlies

Preserved scorpion specimen in 2oz vial of 70% isopropyl alcohol

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

Fashionable Mourning Jewelry, Clothing and Customs by Mary Brett Acrylic funeral director Caitlin Doughty receivesExplore 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