Church of the Holy Spirit. Vilnius, Lithuania ✨
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Bookshelf dedicated to ghost stories and my antique poison/medicine bottles.
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Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, 1819.
In the first volume, a very recognizable portrait of Henry VIII is paired with a view of Hampton Court Palace, a tiny red-coated guard standing watch in the background. As the reader moves through the history of Elizabeth’s life, Henry VIII disappears and Elizabeth I, paired with a view of London from Westminster Abbey, comes into view on the book’s other side.
The technique of painting the edges of books is known as fore-edge painting (the fore-edge being the edge opposite the spine), and was popular in England around the time that the book was published.
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Today’s the 130th anniversary of the death of Mary Kelly, the final canonical victim of Jack the Ripper. Rest in peace, Mary. You deserve it.
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here’s to every girl working so so hard to reach her goal. i see you. you can do it.
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Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in The Tudors Season 2
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