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in the 1860s the silhouette changed entirely, the waist grew higher than the natural waist line, buttoned bodices were in fashion and the crinoline became more accentuated towards the back.

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2021-08-14

The work of John Anster Fitzgerald (1819–1906). 1860s. (a) The Artist's Dream (b) Dreams (c) The Captive Robin and (d) The Fairies Banquet. Fitzgerald often gave his art mysterious titles, with art dealers and collectors later renaming them (causing confusion today).

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2021-08-13

perhaps the fact the bodice is not buttoned, which was in fashion in the 1860s and wouldve been more difficult to alter and the dress is patterned which was different then the 1860s the first two images are fashion plates from the 50s while the second two are from the 60s

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2021-08-10

Ghostly Goings On: spooky visions from the vivid imagination of John Anster 'Fairy' Fitzgerald (1832-1906) with 'The Artist's Dream' and (the Fuseli-inspired?) 'Nightmare' (both c.1860s) for this week's

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2021-07-05

Absinthe drinking quickly spread throughout France and Switzerland and became firmly embedded in the culture. As early as the 1860s there was a colloquial heure verte, or “green hour”, for after-work absinthe drinking.

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2021-07-01

Some reference and sketch. The ref is from an image of an actual 1860s Victorian Archer's dress off of reddit.

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2021-06-19

John Anster Fitzgerald (1819–1906). From 1860s. (a) The Artist's Dream (b) Dreams (c) The Captive Robin and (d) The Fairies Banquet. Some of the artist's titles suggest he was acquainted with the drug world, e.g. The Captive Dreamer & The Pipe Dream.

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2021-06-14

'The Enchanted Boat' (1860s) by Walter Crane for This delicate w/colour illustrates an episode from Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound', Asia's song:
'My soul is like an enchanted boat,
Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float
Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing;'

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2021-06-07

His pictures of the 1860s often included either nymphs or peasants. The critics preferred peasants & complained if he included mythological creatures. Mother & Child (c1860), Reverie (1860-5) & the Curious Little Girl (1860-4)

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2021-05-29

*Long*, obscure, Moto Hagio Poe Clan and serialization tweet to follow:
Perhaps due to all the time I spent in grad school writing about 1860s sensation serials (Wilkie Collins, Dickens, Braddon, etc) and the differences between reading them as they were serialized and the book

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2021-05-26

chapter 1 of my still untitled 1860s island fic is coming this week! Based on a prompt by and beta-ed lovingly by

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2021-04-19

What those silly non human creatures were doing in the US in the 1860s

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2021-04-16

We might think that the Surrealists and Dadaists invented photomontage - but it was a hobby from the 1860s onwards, among English aristocrats of the Victorian era.
These are images by Ladys & Viscountesses.

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2021-04-14

Photographer: Felice Beato (Italian, 1834–1907)

Shamisen

1860s

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2021-04-12

PAINTING OF THE DAY: BATHING ON THE SEINE, 1869 by Pierre Auguste Renoir

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2021-03-21

"1860s Philippine Fashion Plate" by

Print available at https://t.co/UZR4lRlh6N

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2021-03-12

Hermann Ottomar Herzog (1832 – 1932) was a prominent European and American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He was born in Bremen, Germany and entered the Düsseldorf Academy at age seventeen. In the late 1860s, settled permanently in the United States.

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2021-03-11

Three lawyers, gently amused, in the 1860s. By Honore Daumier, whose day is today.

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2021-02-27