Grief, Gender and Mourning in

Victorian England

Marriage of Prince Edward and Alexandra of Denmark, March 1863

Joanna de Bohun, d.1327. Hereford Cathedral.

Lady Penelope Hervey, c.1635.

National Portrait Gallery.

With thanks to Jackie Reed

Courtesy of Bedale Museum

Courtesy of Bedale Museum

With thanks to John Rumsby

Courtesy of the Tolson Museum, Huddersfield

Courtesy of Swaledale Museum, Reeth

Courtesy of Swaledale Museum, Reeth

Courtesy of the Tolson Museum, Huddersfield

With thanks to Jackie Reed

Courtesy of the Herbert Collection, Coventry

With thanks to Jackie Reed

Courtesy of the Herbert Collection, Coventry

Courtesy of the Herbert Collection, Coventry

Courtesy of the Herbert Collection, Coventry

With thanks to Jackie Reed

With thanks to Jackie Reed

Courtesy of York Castle Museums Trust

Frank Holl, I am the Resurrection and the Life (Village Funeral) (1872)