All My Phantoms

oldbookillustrations:

Art and literature.

Paul Avril, from Le miroir du monde (Reflection of the world), by Octave Uzanne, Paris, 1888.

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oldbookillustrations:

Paul Avril, (probable original) front cover from Le miroir du monde (Reflection of the world), by Octave Uzanne, Paris, 1888.

(It’s difficult to tell for sure without holding the book in one’s hands, but this looks like the original cover, and the current brown binding like a later addition. This could also be a title page, but it doesn’t seem quite as likely)

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vaguevogue:

Trashy-Chic Photograhy - The Danil Golovkin Garbage Reign Photo Shoot… 

Reminds me of the costumes in Il Muto

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cavetocanvas:

Ilya Repin, Fisher Girl, 1874

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centuriespast:

Rodolphe Bresdin, La Republique (The Republic), 1883.

Kemper Art Museum

mismatchedmarbles:

The above photograph is of a writing and drawing automaton built by the Swiss mechanician Henri Maillardet, who, for a period of time, worked under the watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz.

Maillardet exhibited his Automaton throughout England, but after 1833, it is not known what became of the machine until its appearance in Philadelphia. Some think it possible that P.T. Barnum brought the machine to the United States; he knew Maelzel and may have purchased a number of mechanical objects through him. Barnum placed these wonders—including automata—in his museums, one of which was established at Seventh and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. In 1851, that museum was destroyed by fire. Perhaps that was the fire that left Maillardet’s Automaton in need of such repair.

When first presented to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1928, the automaton was of unknown origin. Once restored to working order, the automaton itself provided the answer when it penned the words “written by the automaton of Maillardet”.

Below is a demonstration of the automaton at a book signing with Brian Selznick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwkkDfs-RKg

For more information about the Maillardet automaton and for images of its poems and drawings, visit the Franklin Institute’s official website.  Or click on the picture, your choice.  (Just saying, it would be easier for you to click on the picture.)

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brenandge2010:

Sketch of the Paris Gigantic Wheel 320ft High by peacay on Flickr.

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darksilenceinsuburbia:

Laurie Lipton. La Catrina, 2005. Pencil on paper, 36,5 x 23,5 cm.

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fripperiesandfobs:

Evening dress, 1885-88

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

wednesdaysnecropolis:

maisondedemence:

for-redheads:

Hades and Persephone by *sandara

Always reblog.

This is beautiful.

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milktree:

Cemetery in France

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