The following image represents a Victorian family portrait. One can see that it is a Victorian portrait as the image is black and white, slightly blurred and worn, due to the visible scratches. This image portrays an ordinary Victorian family, a father, a mother and their child posing for a portrait. In the early nineteenth century, subjects of photographs had to remain extremely still for long periods of time due to early cameras slow shutter speeds. As a result any movement would cause slight blurriness once the image was processed however their daughter is the only one who is not blurred and in such sharp focus. An alternative view after thorough research, reveals that the child is in fact dead, she had passed away earlier that day which is why she is in such sharp focus. It was common in the 1800s for families to take formal photographs of themselves posing with their deceased loved ones. Due to photographers being extremely expensive within the Victorian era, families would only call upon them when a family member had passed away to capture a family portrait for posterity. To the innocent eye, this image appears to an ordinary Victorian family portrait but to the known, one of the family members is in fact dead.