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The Oceanids (The Naiads of the Sea), 1860s, by Gustave Doré

It depicts the Oceanids from Greek mythology with Prometheus chained to a rock in the background. The subject is from the ancient tragedy Prometheus Bound.

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2022-12-19

Danes love vikings, Americans do 2, but we know very little about them. We love imagining these brave warriors & their horned helmets & their mjød & meat diet, but not much of it is true.
We love the pop culture version made up by danish propagandists in the 1860s, not reality

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2022-12-10

The Oceanids (The Naiads of the Sea), 1860s, by Gustave Doré

It depicts the Oceanids from Greek mythology with Prometheus chained to a rock in the background. The subject is from the ancient tragedy Prometheus Bound.

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2022-11-03

Cartoon Cartography in the 1860s, niche but VERY interesting. (Not sure what's going on with Italy though...)

👉https://t.co/uCzs7tkDiB

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2022-06-23

“Under the thunder-dark, the cicadas resound...
The kisses not for our mouths, light the dark summer.”
— Louise Bogan
from “Dark Summer”

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🎨Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot - A Gust of Wind. 1860s, Pushkin Museum

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2022-05-09

Stripes for the we’re all the rage in the late a nod to and the occupational dress of those at sea. This surviving gown in sheer layers, practically carries a fresh breeze in its wake with a hint of salty air

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2022-03-29

Evening Hairstyles of the 1860s by Henri de Bysterveld - During the 1860s, Henri de a hairdresser and editor of the Gazette of Hair, published several books and elevated hairdressing to an ... https://t.co/llEnZPzCpR

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2021-09-08

1st piece for my 4th card of bingo
Can't stop thinking about that one dialogue from Seasons of Fear audiodrama, and I found a perfect dress while learning about arsenic green :)
Charley is dressed in men's fashion of 1860s, which counts as crossdressing

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2021-06-05

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

I got carried away 😬their "cannon" time period is still late 1860s, I just wanted to draw swing dancing while listening to jazz 😂

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2020-06-13

Developed in the 1860s, the "en-tout-cas" ("in any case") could be used either as a parasol or an umbrella, useful in changeable summer weather. This silk example from the the late 1920s includes a stern-faced duck as its handle.

(Wet afternoon, 1930, by Ethel Spowers)

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2019-08-14

As it's time to revisit this superb photograph of a gardener from Chelmsford, 1860s, complete with an impressively spouted watering can.

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2019-04-29

capucines or poppies?
Eugène Atget, Capucines (albumen print), ca. 1910
Charles Aubry, Poppies, 1860s, albumen print

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2016-02-08