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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey

gdfalksen: This is funny

gdfalksen:

This is funny

(via turner-d-century)

weaselsrippedmyflesh:

my-ear-trumpet:

LA Symphony — Broken Tape Decks

leeanne8866:

My favorite artist

Leonetto Cappiello

leeanne8866:

My favorite artist

Leonetto Cappiello

turner-d-century:

Something from Peter Ould’s Website to help readers relax to face the weekend.

books0977: Portrait of Sister María Antonia del Corazón de Jesús (1814). José María Vázquez (Mexican, 1765-ca. 1826). Oil on canvas. Museo Nacional de Arte. The painting honors Sister María Antonia who became a nun in the Order of Conception. Superfluous decoration has been abandoned in favor of elements of spirituality, such as the breviary being held. The saints and holy personages on the coat of arms have to do with the nun’s name and forebears.

books0977:

Portrait of Sister María Antonia del Corazón de Jesús (1814). José María Vázquez (Mexican, 1765-ca. 1826). Oil on canvas. Museo Nacional de Arte.

The painting honors Sister María Antonia who became a nun in the Order of Conception. Superfluous decoration has been abandoned in favor of elements of spirituality, such as the breviary being held. The saints and holy personages on the coat of arms have to do with the nun’s name and forebears.

books0977: Musica e Musicisti. Leonetto Cappiello (Italian, 1875-1942). Original lithograph from the Ricordi Portfolio. Printed in Italy, 1914. Much like the famous Maitre de L’Affiche series created by Cheret in Paris, this portfolio celebrated the rise of the poster - which in Italy was almost single-handedly accomplished by Ricordi.

books0977:

Musica e Musicisti. Leonetto Cappiello (Italian, 1875-1942). Original lithograph from the Ricordi Portfolio. Printed in Italy, 1914.

Much like the famous Maitre de L’Affiche series created by Cheret in Paris, this portfolio celebrated the rise of the poster - which in Italy was almost single-handedly accomplished by Ricordi.

treselegant: “‘Whom do you think he resembles?’ She remarked.” Cassell’s Magazine, 1880. The blue added creatively by a child of the past!

treselegant:

“‘Whom do you think he resembles?’ She remarked.”

Cassell’s Magazine, 1880.

The blue added creatively by a child of the past!

vintagelibraries: A teacher finds project materials, 1938.

vintagelibraries:

A teacher finds project materials, 1938.