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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.

arkhangelskoye: Alix of Hesse prepares for her first ball in 1889. Arranging her hair is her English nurse, Mrs. Orchard, while her sister Yelizaveta Feodorovna (“Ella”) supervises.

arkhangelskoye:

Alix of Hesse prepares for her first ball in 1889. Arranging her hair is her English nurse, Mrs. Orchard, while her sister Yelizaveta Feodorovna (“Ella”) supervises.

chubeca: Jean Béraud - La Pâtisserie Gloppe aux Champs-Elysées (1889)

chubeca:

Jean Béraud - La Pâtisserie Gloppe aux Champs-Elysées (1889)

blastedheath: Stanisław Witkiewicz (Polish, 1851-1925), Wawel, 1889. Gouache and ink on cardboard, 27 x 19.5 cm.

blastedheath:

Stanisław Witkiewicz (Polish, 1851-1925), Wawel, 1889. Gouache and ink on cardboard, 27 x 19.5 cm.

treselegant: “Though in you is beauty, rarest of the rare.” Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1889.

treselegant:

“Though in you is beauty, rarest of the rare.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1889.

books0977: Portrait of Anna Goeneutte Wearing a Beret (1889). Norbert Goeneutte (French, 1854-1894). Oil on canvas. Anna Goenuette was the artist’s sister. She was 27 at the time of this portrait. At eighteen entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Pils. Exhibited at the Salon from 1876. Interested in depicting the streets of Paris, the scenes one saw there, the types one met. Manet admired his work, and he was a friend of Renoir who depicted him in three of his major works, including “Le Moulin de la Galette.” 

books0977:

Portrait of Anna Goeneutte Wearing a Beret (1889). Norbert Goeneutte (French, 1854-1894). Oil on canvas.

Anna Goenuette was the artist’s sister. She was 27 at the time of this portrait.

At eighteen entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Pils. Exhibited at the Salon from 1876. Interested in depicting the streets of Paris, the scenes one saw there, the types one met. Manet admired his work, and he was a friend of Renoir who depicted him in three of his major works, including “Le Moulin de la Galette.” 

moodboardnyc: Ticket to the Exposition Universelle, 1889

moodboardnyc:

Ticket to the Exposition Universelle, 1889

questionableadvice: ~ Robt. H. Ingersoll & Bro., The Great Mail-Order Bargain House, ca. 1898“The Blue Jean fad of last year among the youngsters of Greater New York will spread throughout the country this year.”

questionableadvice:

~ Robt. H. Ingersoll & Bro., The Great Mail-Order Bargain House, ca. 1898

“The Blue Jean fad of last year among the youngsters of Greater New York will spread throughout the country this year.”

highvictoriana: Marie Krøyer in Paris by Michael Peter Ancher, 1889.

highvictoriana:

Marie Krøyer in Paris by Michael Peter Ancher, 1889.

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highvictoriana: Carol Singers by Augustus Edward Mulready, 1889.

highvictoriana:

Carol Singers by Augustus Edward Mulready, 1889.

pmikos: Carl Rudolph Sohn Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, standing beside a chair, holding a fan, 1889. German, 1845-1908 (by hauk sven)

pmikos:

Carl Rudolph Sohn

Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, standing beside a chair, holding a fan, 1889. German, 1845-1908

(by hauk sven)