This painting is made by Lorenzo Valles (1830–1910) and is titled as “Saaltochter in ungewöhnlichem Kostüm bringt auf einem Tablett Kaffee” (Waitress in an unusual costume on a tray of coffee). It was painted in Rome in 1877.
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.
