See also film blog for poncy celebration of nuns without clothes.

17th December 2011

Photo reblogged from OBI Scrapbook Blog with 694 notes

oldbookillustrations:

Madame la Duchesse came into the world to be a curvy, stout person, healthy and enjoying good meals, good drinks… 
J-J. Grandville, from Vie privée et publique des animaux (Public and Private Life of Animals), under the direction of P. J. Stahl, Paris, 1867.
(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Madame la Duchesse came into the world to be a curvy, stout person, healthy and enjoying good meals, good drinks…

J-J. Grandville, from Vie privée et publique des animaux (Public and Private Life of Animals), under the direction of P. J. Stahl, Paris, 1867.

(Source: archive.org)

Tagged: illustrationanthropomorphisationowlshybridsj.j. grandvillemadame la duchesse1860s19th centuryvictorianpublic and private life of animals

29th October 2011

Photo reblogged from theater of diminished faculties with 2,385 notes

todf,                                                                                     sisterwolf:

unknown photographer, 19th century

todf, sisterwolf:

unknown photographer, 19th century

Tagged: 19th centuryvictorianunknown photographerphotography

Source: sisterwolf

6th June 2011

Photo with 20 notes

Spirit photography by Reeves, 1872
Via Dieselpunks

Spirit photography by Reeves, 1872

Via Dieselpunks

Tagged: 1870s19th centuryreevesspiritspirit photographyvictorianghost

Source: dieselpunks.org

18th April 2011

Photo reblogged from The Last Dream of Jesus with 17 notes

Source unknown
(via lastdreamofjesus)

Source unknown

(via lastdreamofjesus)

Tagged: unknown artistphotographyb+wvictorian

18th April 2011

Photo reblogged from with 282 notes

mizenscen:

artbrutist:

Photograph by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
“The Ghost” (the Barry children) c. 1857

mizenscen:

artbrutist:

Photograph by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)

“The Ghost” (the Barry children) c. 1857

Tagged: photographyvictorian19th century1850sbarry childrenlewis carrollcharles dodgson

Source: artbrutist

17th April 2011

Photo reblogged from Poe's Mistress with 341 notes

frenchtwist:
She was shocked when her lover asked for an aphrodisiac but told her hairdresser to go ahead…

frenchtwist:

She was shocked when her lover asked for an aphrodisiac but told her hairdresser to go ahead…

Tagged: photographyfanhairvictorianvintage

24th January 2011

Photo reblogged from with 421 notes

oldbookillustrations:

If I could only be one of those wasps with a narrow waist, who go about the world teasing the passers-by, carefree and coquettish…
J-J. Grandville, from Vie privée et publique des animaux (Public and Private Life of Animals), under the direction of P. J. Stahl, Paris, 1867.

oldbookillustrations:

If I could only be one of those wasps with a narrow waist, who go about the world teasing the passers-by, carefree and coquettish…

J-J. Grandville, from Vie privée et publique des animaux (Public and Private Life of Animals), under the direction of P. J. Stahl, Paris, 1867.

Tagged: illustrationvictorian19th century1860sj.j. grandvillewaspwasp-waisted

Source: archive.org

22nd December 2010

Photo with 21 notes

Attributed to FM Parkes and Reeves, “Three spirit cartes de visite”, 2 of 3, 1874
Via Dieselpunks

Attributed to FM Parkes and Reeves, “Three spirit cartes de visite”, 2 of 3, 1874

Via Dieselpunks

Tagged: 1870s19th centuryfm parkesreevesspiritspirit photographyghostvictorian

Source: dieselpunks.org

8th December 2010

Photo reblogged from My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning with 57 notes

my-ear-trumpet:

Twins

my-ear-trumpet:

Twins

Tagged: corsetsphotographytwinsvictorianvintagedoubles

Source: sombreboite