Rare photographs taken in the Victorian era showing that they weren’t as serious as we thought

Back in the Victorian era, the cost of photographing meant that Victorians only took pictures once or twice in their lifetime, and long exposure times made smiling difficult in front of a camera, so that in our impression Victorians are always with a plain face in pictures, however, the pictures below are different from those serious-looking portraits, photographers captured these rare black-and-white photos showing they weren’t as serious as we thought.

#2 A Unique Tea Setting For Two

#3 Cakewalk Dance

#4 A Snow Lady, 1892

Image source: The Strand magazine

#5 Unusual Portrait Of A Victorian Lady, 1840

#6 Three Fashionable Young Men At Yale, 1883

#7 Awkward Family Photo, Victorian Edition

#8 Tsar Nicholas II Goofing Around, 1899

Image source: statearchive

#9 Vintage Humor

Image source: statearchive

#10 Piggy Nose

#11 Men And Women Cross Dress In This Silly Victorian Snap, 1880-1900

#12 Say That Again, And I’ll Dip You In, 1897

Image source: James M. Davis

#13 Unknown Victorian In Mid-jump

#14 Vacation Sports At The Seaside

Image source: Strohmeyer and Wyman

#15 Richard Freiherr Von Krafft-Ebing

Image source: Krafft-Ebing

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