Modesty & Monocles

1923 c. Housewife ironing with an electric iron in the heat of the summer. Notice the fan behind her. From Pam Petronio, FB.

L’Odalisque au tambourin

Torhild Aulin, 1946, Sweden.

Nude, Seen from Behind (Nu de dos) (n/d) by Herman-Jean-Joseph Richir (Belgian, 1866 – 1942), signed ‘Herman Richir’ (lower left), oil on canvas, 31 3/4 x 24 in (80.6 x 61.0 cm), Private Collection

Steam locomotive no. 2613 leading the southbound Cairo Turn local freight train out of Carbondale, Illinois, on December 28, 1959.

July 22, 1919 Westminster in the early morning rain. Autochrome plate by Fernand Cuville. From Old London Photos, FB.

looking. at you

From the Earth to the Moon Direct in 97 Hours 20 Minutes by Jules Verne Translated from the French by Louis Mercier MA (Oxon) and Elenor E King London Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington, 1876 Author’s Edition with illustrations 160 pages + 16 page publishers catalogue dated January 1876

Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog) (c. 1818) by Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774 – 1840), oil on canvas, 94.8 cm × 74.8 cm (37.3 in × 29.4 in), Hamburger Kunsthalle

Adoration (1903) by Stephen Abel Sinding (Norwegian, 1846 – 1922), marble, h: 204 cm, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

📷 REX/Columbia Pictures