To Spuddle and Squiddle

The Sirens’ song, Wilhelm Kray

Marie Prevost photographed by Edward Thayer Monroe, 1923

A diagram illustrating the role of light and shadow in painting and drawing, acceptable in the Victorian era but not on Tumblr in the 21st century.

The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy | Photo by Scott Wylie on Flickr

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Kansas Farmer, Topeka, Kansas, February 6, 1896

Everyone reblog this as much as possible over the next two weeks for good luck

Alpine flowers for gardens. 1910 ed. Book cover.

Portrait of a Gardener and Horn Player in the Household of the Emperor Francis I, Albert Schindler, 1836

Jose Royo

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.

Into the Woods (2014)

Alexandre-Auguste Hirsch (1833-1912), Night

With a steady stony glance— Like some bold seer in a trance, Beholding all his own mischance, Mute, with a glassy countenance—       She look’d down to Camelot. It was the closing of the day: She loos’d the chain, and down she lay; The broad stream bore her far away,       The Lady of Shalott.