magnicifent: Hidden Mothers in Victorian Portraits Seems children were just as squirmy then as they are today, because another amusing convention developed: photographs containing hidden mothers trying to keep their little ones still enough for a non-blurry picture.  These fantastic portraits of children all contain their mother, disguised as chairs or camoflauged under decorative throws behind them. 

magnicifent:

Hidden Mothers in Victorian Portraits

Seems children were just as squirmy then as they are today, because another amusing convention developed: photographs containing hidden mothers trying to keep their little ones still enough for a non-blurry picture.  These fantastic portraits of children all contain their mother, disguised as chairs or camoflauged under decorative throws behind them. 

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