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phd candidate +writer+historian•♥️ history+art history, literary childhoods, books, beauty, fairy tales, wonder, old sites, nature, music, dance, the cozy+kind•

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Apparently in the late 19th & early 20thc, Halloween had a more romantic vibe. And there are many vintage cards with this mirror motif -who knew? 💋😱

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Some of the beautiful background art for Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949). Mary Blair’s gifted, artistic mind inspired many key scenes 🎃😱

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After a full week, maybe seeing fairies help a baby robin is what we all need? This is “The Fledgling” by the Victorian artist, John Anster Fitzgerald. I love his mysterious works ❤️

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I don’t think it gets cozier than this. Have a lovely & snug evening, guys ☺️❤️

(🎨 By Deborah Hocking)

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In the 18thc, as literary fairy tales began to flower, the figure of Mother Goose took hold. A kind, storytelling “crone,” a kind witch in a way (wise, could fly, artist, older), she became part of childhood reading culture in a benign, magical fashion.

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Since antiquity, smart women were suspect. And some —healers, thinkers, & artists—were falsely accused of witchcraft between 1450-1750. From Circe to the Biblical witch of Endor to Macbeth’s Three Witches, artists have cast their own spells in portraying them.

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I love this moonlit scene by —it’s so stoic & beautiful, & I love the little dachshund. Night, all 🤎xo

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Can we all just be this little squirrel reading in a tree today? ❤️

(🎨By Olivia Chin Mueller)

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Sleepy Hollow’s ghost story blends history & lore: the Revolutionary War haunts the tale. The Hessian Headless Horseman, loyal to England, was decapitated by a cannon in the War. Buried in the 17th-cen Old Dutch churchyard, he haunted Ichabod, & still haunts.

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There’s a lovely moon out tonight. So here’s a gorgeous, 18th-century moonlit scene by Joseph Wright of Derby for you. Night, my friends 💕✨

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