My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning

kaiserohnepurpur:

Exécution du général Charette place de Viarmes à Nantes, mars 1796, Julien Le Blant, 1883
Oil on canvas

Exécution du général Charette place de Viarmes à Nantes, mars 1796, Julien Le Blant, 1883

Oil on canvas

antolldubh:

Charles I on His Way to Execution, by Ernest Crofts, 1883.
“I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the world.”

Charles I on His Way to Execution, by Ernest Crofts, 1883.

“I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the world.”

(via pastandfuturepressing)

highvictoriana:

Valentine’s Mistake Missive Letter from the Illustrated London News, 1883.

questionableadvice:

~ The American Pictorial Home Book, or Housekeeper’s Encyclopedia, by Mrs. Harriet Almaria Baker Suddoth, 1883

Note: I believe the writer is referring to a style of glasses known as pince-nez (eyeglasses clipped to the nose by a spring) like the ones being worn by Anton Chekov, below.