Victorian Husbands and Wives: 40 Amazing Pics of Couples From the Mid-19th Century October 22, 2019 1800s, dating & love, people, portraits An amazing photo collection shows portraits of Victorian couples taken from between the late 1840s and 1850s. You might also like:Civil War Faces: Vintage Portraits of Soldiers With Wives From the 1860s19th-Century Posters of Alcohol AdvertisementsStanisław Wyspiański: One of the Most Outstanding and Multifaceted Artists in Early 20th-Century Poland45 Amazing Photos of Life in Canada During the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook
Note to self...Victorians were ugly as hell.
ReplyDeleteMarrying a first cousin seems to have been more common then. And a lot of these look like they're AT LEAST that closely related. And a couple might be mistaken for same-sex marriages. At least the wives look more manly than the husbands.
ReplyDeleteThey didn't smile and the mens hairstyles were quite ridiculous but may have been fashionable for the time.
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