G.D. Falksen's Blog, page 1058

Dress1884-1886United Kingdom

Dress

1884-1886

United Kingdom

Edward Okun“The War and Us”1923

Edward Okun

“The War and Us”

1923

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Zero Theorem Trailer a new film by Terry Gilliam.I have no clue...

Zero Theorem Trailer a new film by Terry Gilliam.

I have no clue how long this video will be up as it is leaked , but do check it out as long as you can.

 

I wonder how easy it would be to make a light like this?

I wonder how easy it would be to make a light like this?

“Catherine ‘Skittles’ Walters, courtesan of Victorian London,...

“Catherine ‘Skittles’ Walters, courtesan of Victorian London, noted horsewoman and famed for having the tightest riding-habit in Britain. (In Europe, only the Empress Elizabeth could compete with her for that.) Admirers watching her go by used to speculate on whether she had to be naked underneath.”

A Young Lady Aged 21, Possibly Helena Snakenborg, later...

A Young Lady Aged 21, Possibly Helena Snakenborg, later Marchioness of Northhampton, c. 1569.

Tate Museum

In fact, “Helena" is an Anglicizing of the lady’s name. Being Swedish, her proper name is Elin Ulfsdotter Snakenborg. Leave it to the Scandinavians to have all the badass names.

Dress1880-1882United Kingdom

Dress

1880-1882

United Kingdom

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For those of you who have read the book, does this board help?

“She looked at him, and then away over the purple moorlands and...

“She looked at him, and then away over the purple moorlands and into the glorious western sky.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1888.