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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.

zerogate: 1819 Caricature by English caricaturist George Cruikshank. Titled “The Radical’s Arms”, it depicts the infamous guillotine. “No God! No Religion! No King! No Constitution!” is written in the republican banner.

zerogate:

1819 Caricature by English caricaturist George Cruikshank. Titled “The Radical’s Arms”, it depicts the infamous guillotine. “No God! No Religion! No King! No Constitution!” is written in the republican banner.

forgesdevulcain: John Polidori, inventeur du vampire moderne est mort le 24 août 1821. Cet anniversaire est l’occasion de se revenir sur son oeuvre la plus célèbre, “Le Vampyre”  en compagnie de Nathalie Saudo-Welby. Texte disponible en ligne. “The Vampyre” is a short story or novella written in 1819 by John William Polidori which is a progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as “the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre.”

forgesdevulcain:

John Polidori, inventeur du vampire moderne est mort le 24 août 1821. Cet anniversaire est l’occasion de se revenir sur son oeuvre la plus célèbre, “Le Vampyre”  en compagnie de Nathalie Saudo-Welby.

Texte disponible en ligne.


“The Vampyre” is a short story or novella written in 1819 by John William Polidori which is a progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as “the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre.”

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ramage: Histoire de la médecine: costumes de médecins durant la peste de 1819 à Marseille by alexisorloff on Flickr. Science!

ramage:

Histoire de la médecine: costumes de médecins durant la peste de 1819 à Marseille by alexisorloff on Flickr.

Science!

centuriespast: The so-called portrait of Madonna Laura, the muse of Petrarch,  after a painting said to be by Simon Memmi; open letter state. 1819 Print made by Raphael Morghen The British Museum

centuriespast:

The so-called portrait of Madonna Laura, the muse of Petrarch,  after a painting said to be by Simon Memmi; open letter state. 1819

Print made by Raphael Morghen

The British Museum

idhangthatonmywall: Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Cloister Cemetery in the Snow, 1819, destroyed in 1945.

idhangthatonmywall:

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Cloister Cemetery in the Snow, 1819, destroyed in 1945.

muslinandlace: Michel Martin Drolling wears a double-breasted tail coat with turned-back cuffs and a matching high collar of velvet (or possibly fur). Note that, while the man’s obvious wasp-like torso is not overly emphasized in a caricature-like fashion, as was often the case in male fashion plates of the day, there is a definite and deliberate nipping of the waist. It is highly likely that the sitter in this portrait wore some sort of tight-laced corset or similar undergarment. The coat-sleeves are puffed at the shoulder. He wears a white waistcoat, shirt, and cravat, and light-colored pantaloons, 1819.

muslinandlace:

Michel Martin Drolling wears a double-breasted tail coat with turned-back cuffs and a matching high collar of velvet (or possibly fur). Note that, while the man’s obvious wasp-like torso is not overly emphasized in a caricature-like fashion, as was often the case in male fashion plates of the day, there is a definite and deliberate nipping of the waist. It is highly likely that the sitter in this portrait wore some sort of tight-laced corset or similar undergarment. The coat-sleeves are puffed at the shoulder. He wears a white waistcoat, shirt, and cravat, and light-colored pantaloons, 1819.

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centuriespast: Willem I (1772-1843), koning der NederlandenCreator: Vervaardiger:   Paelinck, Joseph Date of creation:1819 Rijksmuseum

centuriespast:


Willem I (1772-1843), koning der Nederlanden
Creator:

Date of creation:1819

Rijksmuseum

klg19: George Cruikshank: Social Reform (1819) on Flickr.

klg19:

George Cruikshank: Social Reform (1819) on Flickr.

cabbagingcove: Title page for “The Dandy’s Perambulations”, a 1819 satirical book poking fun at the “dandy” style. by Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856). A digital copy is available at Internet Archives at http://www.archive.org/details/dandysperambulat00cruiiala

cabbagingcove:

Title page for “The Dandy’s Perambulations”, a 1819 satirical book poking fun at the “dandy” style.

by Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856). A digital copy is available at Internet Archives at http://www.archive.org/details/dandysperambulat00cruiiala