Fad Victoriana
Sister, brother, me
Mummy as the backdrop
Brother on her knee
DM
Fad Victoriana
The poetry etc of Don Matthews
The poetry etc of Don Matthews
Fad Victoriana
Sister, brother, me
Mummy as the backdrop
Brother on her knee
DM
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Flippant, Comic, and Serious
Why? What was the purpose of keeping mom covered? Do you know?
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From Wikipedia: Hidden mother photography is a genre of photography common in the Victorian era in which young children were photographed with their mother present but hidden in the photograph. It arose from the need to keep children still while the photograph was taken due to the long exposure times of early cameras.
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