niedziela, 23 grudnia 2012

A woodblock titled "Seductive Death" depicts "...death attended by demons, leading a placid woman into grave. The pose of both reminds one in fact of the chevalier at the ball, with his dance partner." -E.H. Langlois, Essai Historique, Philosophique et Pittoresque sur les Danses des Morts (1852)

A woodblock titled "Seductive Death" depicts "...death attended by demons, leading a placid woman into grave. The pose of both reminds one in fact of the chevalier at the ball, with his dance partner." -E.H. Langlois, Essai Historique, Philosophique et Pittoresque sur les Danses des Morts (1852)


czwartek, 20 grudnia 2012

bizarre


Peasant kissing a soldier of the Army of Liberation on a Soviet propaganda poster


circus performers










circus performers



Forks


19th Century Headless Portraits

















Alice


A bride from Hälsingland, Sweden. A hand-coloured photograph, between 1870 and 1899


George Davey was sentenced to one month's hard labour in Wandsworth Prison in 1872 for stealing two rabbits. He was ten years old.


Tattoos - Artoria Gibbons c. 1920’s


Two little girls - I'm fairy certain the child standing is deceased... I'm not sure about the one in the swing... but her eyes look painted on so I think she might be too...


This photo of Rosalia Lombardo was taken in 1984. Why is that interesting? She was the last person buried in the catacombs of the Capuchin Monastery 64 years before this photo was taken, in 1920.


ca. 1850’s, portrait of a young girl on a rocking horse