Rowan ● He/They • Adult I wear historical menswear and make 1820s clothes. I make art occasionally and I adore cats.
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Hypnotees after handing control to mischievous hypnotists (ca. 1900). More diverting scenes here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hypnotism-posters-ca-1900
People who try to copy historical writing styles don't say enough weird stuff in them. I'm listening to a 1909 story about a ghost car right now, and the narrator just said he honked the car horn a bunch of times, but the way he phrased it was "I wrought a wild concerto on the hooter".
Not 1840s, but @victoriansecret thought I should share this miwackulous find.
"Miss Sukey and her Nursery" is the title of a hand-coloured mezzotint made by John Raphael Smith in 1772. It shows a young woman holding a swaddled cat on her lap and preparing to feed it with a spoon.
Housed at the British Museum
I hate to do this, but I am getting increasingly desperate and have already relied on friends more than I would like: my health issues (probably some kind of long covid or chronic fatigue or.. something resulting from getting shingles and then COVID back to back) that cost me my job have continued, and I am in the process of applying for disability but have no idea if that will even work. I would prefer to be able to afford food and rent if possible. So if you're able and willing, I would greatly appreciate anything you can spare. I have a kofi account with this username (and a link in my bio), alternatively PayPal is awarrenpa (at) gmail and Venmo is Andrew-Warren-103. Another way you can help would be to send asks about history questions so I can hopefully provide something of some value in return. And if you can't or don't want to help that's totally cool! Everything is hard for everyone! I get it. Have a photo I don't think I've ever posted on tumblr. I made that leather cap, this was when I was still an apprentice leather worker.
A drawing by Paul Gavarni, 1838, in his series Les Petits malheurs du bonheur (Little Misfortunes of Happiness).
The caption reads: Pour ne pas afficher ses amours, sortir précipitamment par une porte dérobée et rester pris au traquenard. (In order not to show off your love life, you rush out through a back door and get caught in the trap.)
feeling like this lately
like where did it come from i was literally doing a silly little art and craft
Just walked by a car dealership and it was quite windy and the spooky arm inflatable faceless tube beast almost got me, but I was faster than him.
after eight years, I finally updated my huge Historical Fashion Reference & Resources Doc! Now in the form of a MUCH more easily updated Google Doc with better organization, refreshed links, and five more pages of books and online resources.
I know tumblr hates links, but it’s worth it for a doc that I can now update with far more regularity going forward! RIP to the original, you did your duty for far longer than you should have. 😔🙏🏼
October can’t come soon enough
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez cover by Frederic Dorr Steele (1904)