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longvictorian, 5 months ago to random

Old Father Christmas by William Ewart Lockhart (1846–1900). Merry Christmas, everybody!

#Victorian #VictorianArt #FatherChristmas #Santa #MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas

longvictorian, 6 months ago to illustration

Death on the Pale Horse (1865) by Gustave Doré (French artist, lived 1832–1883). Print from illustrated edition of the Bible. Death rides into the world on a pale horse. He is the fourth knight of the apocalypse. Hell follows him.

#Illustration #Victorian #VictorianArt #Death #Horse #GustaveDoré #Frenchartist #Illustrated #Bible #knight #apocalypse #Gothic #Hell

longvictorian, 6 months ago to random

Bacchante (1866) by Prosper d'Epinay (French painter & sculptor, lived 1836-1914). A priestess of Bacchus, the god of wine and festivity, here expressing some uninhibited joy and energy.

#Victorian #VictorianArt #Bacchante #ProsperdEpinay #Frenchpainter #sculptor #Sculpture #Joy #Festival

longvictorian, 6 months ago to random

Marguerite at the Sabbath (c. 1912) by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (French artist, lived 1852–1929). Faust attended a Sabbath with Mephistopheles. From the fires of hell Marguerite, pale as a specter, stands up, her child dead in her arms. The model posing for this work was Suzanne Delvé.

#naturalism #PascalDagnanBouveret #FrenchArtist #Faust #Sabbath #hell #Marguerite #SuzanneDelvé #FrenchArt #1912

longvictorian, 6 months ago to random

Miranda (1916) by John William Waterhouse (English artist, lived 1849–1917). Miranda - from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Detained on an island, together with her father, Prospero, for almost twelve years. 'If by your art, my dearest father, you have - put the wild waters in this roar, allay them.'

#PreRaphaelite #PreRaphaeliteArt #Fineart #Shakespeare #TheTempest #Island

longvictorian, 7 months ago to Cats

Circe (1885) by John Collier (English artist, lived 1850-1934). The enchantress from Homer's Odyssey - holding court with her favourite felines.

#Cats #Tiger #Lion #Leopard #victorian #victodons #VictorianArt #VictorianEra #Victoriana #FineArt #Myth #Mythology #BritishArt #EnglishArt #enchantress #Homer #Odyssey #feline

longvictorian, 7 months ago to Dog

The old shepherd's chief mourner (1837) by Edwin Henry Landseer (English artist, lived 1802–1873). Landseer was a child prodigy and exhibited at the Royal Academy from aged 13. An early starter.

#dog #animal #AnimalArt #Victorian #VictorianArt #VictorianArt #Coffin #Mourn #faithful #Love #Hound #DogLove

longvictorian, 7 months ago to art

Deux mères (1888) by Léon Maxime Faivre (French artist, lived 1856-1941). Another mother coming. 🫢

#Mothers #Mother #Beat #Prehistoric #FashionHistory #FineArt #19thcentury #thelongvictorian #art #historyofart #oldmasterpaintings #art #artist #classic #classicalart #artoftheday #paintingoftheday #pictureoftheday #Cave #Fight

longvictorian, 8 months ago to twilight

Two women on veranda overlooking the sea by Marcel Rieder (French artist, lived 1862–1942). Perfect peaceful picture.

#Reader #BookLover #Balcony #Veranda #PeacefulArt #FashionHistory #victorian #VictorianArt #VictorianEra #FineArt #Twilight #MarineArt #MaritimeArt

longvictorian, 8 months ago to Trains

The irritating gentleman (1874) by Berthold Woltze (German artist, lived 1829-1896). Tch. 😔

#Train #Railway #Travelling #victorian #victodons #VictorianArt #VictorianEra #FineArt #FashionHistory #nuisance #irritating #Youth

longvictorian, 8 months ago to Halloween

Portrait of May Sartoris by Frederic Leighton (English artist, lived 1830–1896). May (aged 15) is painted life-size, dressed in dark colours apart from the bright red sash. The fallen tree represents mortality. Hampshire countryside.

#Autumn #Fall #FashionHistory #victorian #victodons #VictorianArt #VictorianEra #Victoriana #FineArt #Youth #Hampshire

longvictorian, 8 months ago to dance

After the masked ball (1893) by Heinrich Lossow (German artist, lived 1843–1897). That was fun, when's the next one?

'I could have danced all night!
And still have begged for more.
I could have spread my wings
And done a thousand things I've never done before.' 🎵

#ball #maskedball #dance #dress #WhiteDress #ballGown #fashion #FashionHistory #victorian #victodons #VictorianArt #VictorianEra #Victoriana #FineArt #interior

longvictorian, 8 months ago to spanish

The Andalusian Fates (c. 1910-13) by José Villegas Cordero (Spanish artist, lived 1848–1921). Three brightly dressed young women representing the three fates – Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos – who spin, measure, and cut the strands of fate which represent human life in Greek Mythology.

#spanish #spanishart #greekmyth #GreekMythology #FashionHistory #victorian #victodons #VictorianEra #FineArt #green #red #blue

longvictorian, 8 months ago to Battlemaps

A Domestic Incident (between 1850-70) by Jacques-Eugene Feyen (French artist, lived 1815-1908). Butter fingers 😔 .

#maid #servant #victorian #victodons #VictorianArt #VictorianEra #Victoriana #FineArt #interior #FashionHistory

longvictorian, 9 months ago to Magic

Natural Magic (c. 1913) by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale (English artist, lived 1871-1945). One of the most successful artists of the Edwardian era. A protégé of John Everett Millais, mostly worked in the Pre-Raphaelite style.

#PreRaphaelite #magic #Edwardian #Edwardianart #fashionhistory #fineart

longvictorian, 9 months ago to gardening

Dans le Jardin du Luxembourg (1889) by Charles Courtney Curran (American artist, lived 1861–1942).

'A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could [we] ask?' ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.

#paris #garden #park #gardening #victorian #victorianart #victorianera #victoriana #fineart