In Victorian England, photo exposure times were up to ten minutes long
Mothers had to sit with their children, disguised (hilariously, obviously and somewhat creepily) as just a 'prop' to be able to hold the children for extensive times without distracting them
The result are some bizarrely-only-in-the-past-would-this-make-sense portraits
Here are a few more plus an article about them
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