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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.

"By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men’s souls."

— John Galsworthy (via tuxedostuds)

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tweedleague: HM Queen Liz and the Duke of Edinburgh in tweed, huzzah!

tweedleague:

HM Queen Liz and the Duke of Edinburgh in tweed, huzzah!

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workingclassdandy: A gorgeous fall morning deserves a warm tweed suit. #fall #tweed #suit #WIWT (at Briar Vintage)

workingclassdandy:

A gorgeous fall morning deserves a warm tweed suit. #fall #tweed #suit #WIWT (at Briar Vintage)

ohsoromanov: Pierre Gilliard in the Crimea in 1911 (x) Pierre Gilliard (16 May 1879 – 30 May 1962) was a Swiss academic and author, best known as the French language tutor to the five children of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia from 1905 to 1918.

ohsoromanov:

Pierre Gilliard in the Crimea in 1911

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Pierre Gilliard (16 May 1879 – 30 May 1962) was a Swiss academic and author, best known as the French language tutor to the five children of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia from 1905 to 1918.

Francis Davis Millet (American, 1846-1912), The Cossacks Part II, “Fifty Lashes”. Pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, 38.1 x 31.1 cm. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Francis Davis Millet (American, 1846-1912), The Cossacks Part II, “Fifty Lashes”. Pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, 38.1 x 31.1 cm. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

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emporioefikz: Steampunk: Rocket Man -  Leo smith - rocket2cool

emporioefikz:

Steampunk: Rocket Man -  Leo smith - rocket2cool

books0977: The Tracer of Lost Persons. Robert W. Chambers. New York: Appleton, (1906). First edition. Pink/beige cloth, oval colour illustration pasted to the front cover. Black and white frontis + 5 illustrations. Introduces Detective Westrel Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, providing the basis for Golden Age radio’s longest-running detective series. Who do men turn to in order to have their wishes fulfilled? To the Tracer of Lost Persons, of course! And that would be Mr. Keen, the finder of the women of your dreams! “Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was one of radio’s longest running shows, airing (October 12, 1937 to April 19, 1955), continuing well into the television era.” A brief history of The Tracer of Lost Persons

books0977:

The Tracer of Lost Persons. Robert W. Chambers. New York: Appleton, (1906). First edition. Pink/beige cloth, oval colour illustration pasted to the front cover. Black and white frontis + 5 illustrations.

Introduces Detective Westrel Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, providing the basis for Golden Age radio’s longest-running detective series.

Who do men turn to in order to have their wishes fulfilled? To the Tracer of Lost Persons, of course! And that would be Mr. Keen, the finder of the women of your dreams!

“Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was one of radio’s longest running shows, airing (October 12, 1937 to April 19, 1955), continuing well into the television era.”

A brief history of The Tracer of Lost Persons

withnailrules: The Reading Lesson by Emile Munier.

withnailrules:

The Reading Lesson by Emile Munier.

(via somniumdantis)

"Beauty is but the sensible image of the infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and moral law it is a companion of the soul."

— George Bancroft (via fragilefears)
eclectic-scriptorium: Robert Capa photograph of Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, with Javier Vilato, the artist’s nephew, in the background, taken in August, 1948. (Click image for source).

eclectic-scriptorium:

Robert Capa photograph of Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, with Javier Vilato, the artist’s nephew, in the background, taken in August, 1948. (Click image for source).