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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.

marchesamedici: It is a truth universally acknowledged that whenever I get bored, you will find pictures of the Congress of Vienna popping up. Satirical Cartoon Depicting the Key Protagonists in a Dance at the Congress of Vienna in 1815

marchesamedici:

It is a truth universally acknowledged that whenever I get bored, you will find pictures of the Congress of Vienna popping up.

Satirical Cartoon Depicting the Key Protagonists in a Dance at the Congress of Vienna in 1815

loquaciousconnoisseur: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres The Sculptor Jean-Pierre Cortot (1815) Musée du Louvre, Paris

loquaciousconnoisseur:

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

The Sculptor Jean-Pierre Cortot (1815)

Musée du Louvre, Paris

(Source: onlyartists)