FuckYeah19thCentury

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1850, [Woman in Black Taffeta Dress and Lace Shawl], Josiah Johnson Hawes and Albert Sands Southworth

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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earwigbiscuits:

Studio of John Singer Sargent, c.1883; photograph by Auguste Giraudon (via l’éditeur singulier)

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omgthatdress:

Afternoon dress ca. 1880 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1889, Edinburgh dissection room

via the Wellcome Collection

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tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1867, photograph by the Cramb Brothers

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liquidnight:

Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini

Rome, Italy, circa 1880s, Albumen print

[From the Rodger Kingston Collection]

turnofthecentury:

billyjane:Millie Betra, Snake Handler, Ringling Bros Circus,1894

 photo by  Wendt, 229 Bowery N.Y [also here]

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historyfan:

Coco Pearl taken by Andre Disderi. 1854.

This photograph just stood out to me; it just has such character. Boy did Coco too! She was a legendary courtesan during the mid to late 19th century. For the most part in France where she managed to bring many of the wealthy elite come under her spell.

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brocreate:

The Old Library, Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der Staten-Generaal Den Hague, Netherlands

The official reporters of the Parliamentary Reporting Office record the proceedings and debates in parliament verbatim. Volumes of these verbatim reports (Handelingen) are stored in this library. When it was built at the end of the 19th century, there was no electricity—combustible substances, such as candles and gas lamps, had to be kept away from the more than 100,000 volumes. The roof was constructed as a leaded glass dome to allow as much light in as possible.

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1864, Kate Terry as Ophelia in Hamlet at the Lyceum Theatre photographed by Adolphe Beau

via the Victoria and Albert Collection

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omgthatdress:

Dress ca. 1879 via The Victoria & Albert Museum

Beautiful

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tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1862, Federal encampment on Pamunkey River, Va

via the Library of Congress, Civil War Photograph Collection

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itsbakednotfried:

The Skull Tower is a monument to 19th century Serbian rebels.The tower was built with the skulls of the Serbs killed during the 1809 Battle of Čegar.

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thefirstwaltz:

Prince Leopold at the time of his twelfth birthday with Curran, Waldmann and Comet at Windsor Castle, April 1865. 

regardintemporel:

Cléo de Mérode, 1894

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