The Burns Archive: Dressed to Distress

Rather than write a myriad of superlatives about how magnificent the Burns Archive is, I’d rather let you all discover it for yourselves, with their wonderful new post about photography and mourning dress.

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Of course, there are my little dissertations to view on mourning dress (without the photography):

17th Century Mourning Dress Part 1
17th Century Mourning Dress Part 2
18th Century Mourning Dress Part 1
18th Century Mourning Dress Part 2
19th Century Mourning Dress Part 1
19th Century Mourning Dress Part 2

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