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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.

oldbookillustrations: J. McNeill Whistler, from The Savoy, No 1, London, 1896.

oldbookillustrations:

J. McNeill Whistler, from The Savoy, No 1, London, 1896.

oldbookillustrations: The flying ass (a scene from Voltaire’s La Pucelle). From an etching by W. Rothenstein. From The Savoy, No 1, London, 1896.

oldbookillustrations:

The flying ass (a scene from Voltaire’s La Pucelle).

From an etching by W. Rothenstein. From The Savoy, No 1, London, 1896.

oldbookillustrations: Love and Psyche. From a painting by François Gérard, from L’Artiste, Paris, 1839.

oldbookillustrations:

Love and Psyche.

From a painting by François Gérard, from L’Artiste, Paris, 1839.

oldbookillustrations: Harold Harfargr. Frederick Sandys, from The Savoy, No 1, London, 1896.

oldbookillustrations:

Harold Harfargr.

Frederick Sandys, from The Savoy, No 1, London, 1896.

oldbookillustrations: The old chartist. Frederick Sandys, from The Savoy, No 1, London, 1896.

oldbookillustrations:

The old chartist.

Frederick Sandys, from The Savoy, No 1, London, 1896.

oldbookillustrations: La Parisienne. Louis Oury, from The Savoy, No 1, London, 1896.

oldbookillustrations:

La Parisienne.

Louis Oury, from The Savoy, No 1, London, 1896.

charlottecorday: Der Kranke (The Patient) by Wolfgang Heimbach, 1669.

charlottecorday:

Der Kranke (The Patient) by Wolfgang Heimbach, 1669.

(Source: delphiburke)

Miss Gabrielle Ray (via complaina)
Miss Gabrielle Ray

(via complaina)

billyjane: Miss Gabrielle Ray-Smoking

billyjane:

Miss Gabrielle Ray-Smoking

msbluesky: Ostrich pulling a cart for racing (late 19th or early 20th century)

msbluesky:

Ostrich pulling a cart for racing (late 19th or early 20th century)

(Source: kohlsmearedeyes)