5 Gothic Victorian Images.

These are the 5 images that i have chosen:

The first is a picture of the Albert Memorial. This was built after queen Victorias husband Albert died in the gothic revival style. The whole structure i feel has a gothic feel with the spikes and sharpness of it. I could really see this looking ghostly and eerie on a dark foggy night.

Dilif. (2008). File:Albert Memorial, London - May 2008.jpg. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Memorial,_London_-_May_2008.jpg. Last accessed 20th Jan 2014.

 The second is a picture i found in a book called, 'A victorian household' of a house called westwood lodge. The features (windows, black roof, spires, general shape and structure) really give off a ghostly haunting perception. Looking at the whole picture and not just the house, the bare branches of the tree look claw like poking above the blunt edge of the hedge give a more creepy feel. The horse and carriage outside the front, the fact the horses appear black or dark instead of white horses also in keep with the gothic haunting feeling.

Shirley Nicholson (1998). A Victorian Household. Gloucesteshire: Sutton Publishing LTD. 224.

This is a picture of it now. It is now a pet crematorium. 

Treasured friends. (). Pet crematorium . Available: http://www.treasured-friends.co.uk/pet-crematorium.html. Last accessed 20th Jan 2104.

 This is a picture i also found in the book of a family in the Victorian times. The black clothing, cramped room and whole appearance i feel is really gothic. The picture feels to me really suffocating and claustrophobic.

Shirley Nicholson (1998). A Victorian Household. Gloucesteshire: Sutton Publishing LTD. 224.

 This is a photo of a Victorian bed which i feel the detail has a gothic appearance. I could picture this bed in an old haunted house.

Richmond Huntley. (3rd April 2009). Flashback: Victorian furniture.Available: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/victorian-furniture/. Last accessed 20th Jan 2014.

Lastly, this photograph of a dead girl holding a flower. Photographing the dead was very popular in the Victorian Era and i feel this picture sums up morbid nature of the Victorians. 

Violet. (October 16th 2012). Dead or not?. Available: http://www.theskullillusion.com/2012/10/16/dead-or-not-lady-flowers-post-mortem/. Last accessed 20th Jan 2014.