The English Ladye

Gargoyle of The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert or simply known as St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague.

Artist: Adam R.Paul

"Death and the Maiden" is a boxwood medallion carved by Hans Schwarz in 1520. Currently on display at the Bode Museum in Berlin.⁣

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The motif of "Death and the Maiden" has its origins in late medieval and Renaissance art. This theme was particularly relevant during times of plague and war, when death was a constant presence. ⁣

Who's got a kiss for the Pickety Witch?

SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999) dir. Tim Burton

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I - Attributed to George Gower - Oil on Panel

It is believed that the custom of making jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween began in Ireland. In the 19th century, “turnips or mangel wurzels, hollowed out to act as lanterns and often carved with grotesque faces,” were used at Halloween in parts of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands. In these Gaelic-speaking regions, Halloween was also the festival of Samhain and was seen as a time when supernatural beings (the Aos Sí), and the souls of the dead, roamed the earth.

Halloween lanterns. A catalog of Shackman’s favors for all occasions. ca. 1912.