Photographs of loved ones taken after they died may seem morbid to modern sensibilities. But in Victorian England, they became a way of commemorating the dead and blunting the sharpness of grief ...

The most famous picture featured is Jumbo the elephant - whose name became an adjective. The orphaned African elephant was hugely popular after arriving at the zoo in 1865.

Are Using Ground-Penetrating Radar to Locate the 130-Year-Old Remains of a Legendary Performing Elephant The elephant's demise and burial is a local legend that experts are hoping to prove true.