Byron's Muse

🐚 Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals London: Reeve, Brothers, 1843-1878. Original source Image description: Illustration from “Conchologia Iconica” showing nine detailed, colored drawings of various Trochus shells on a beige background. The shells vary in shape and texture, ranging from smooth and rounded to layered and conical, with color patterns including browns, greens, and whites. Each shell is numbered individually. The title “Trochus Pl. XI.” appears in the upper right. The shells display intricate natural details such as ridges, spirals, and openings, highlighting their molluscous origins. The overall style is scientific and precise, typical of 19th-century natural history illustrations.

Dreaming by Robert Fowler (1850 – 1926)

[Source: thewalters.org]

Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England

(by patricksvisuals)

-Flowers at Vetheuil-

covered in drops

Photo by Howard Sooley

Fukiage Poppy Field, Japan by Cheerfulness

— Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the Westwind

painting detail from anneliesolis

'Gertrude Jekyll' climbing rose