~ René-Xavier Prinet, Elegant Lady on a Sofa (c.1890)
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Illustration from 'In Happy far - away land' by Ruth Kimball Gardiner, 1902
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Thursday, January 11.
Beauty, sensuality, art for art's sake.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. But it was the most Victorian of times, that much is certain. There was also a lot going on during this period, not least the emergence of a dark, elaborate, and literary fashion—one that would leave its mark well beyond the close of the 19th century.
We have curated just a few of these opulent delights for you this Thursday, January 11, in the hope that you live romantically, sensually, and broodingly. Like the bon vivants you so deserve.
A Cavatina, 1888, Briton Riviere. @eirene
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Detail from Catherine of Aragon and the Cardinals by William Bromley c. 1866
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Fairies Looking Through A Gothic Arch, c.1864, John Anster Fitzgerald (1819-1906)
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"The Flowers Fairies - Violetta and Lilian" from Queen Titania's Book of Fairytales, 1883
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