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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.

dergutekamerad: Romantic portrayal of the “Last Crusader”. Increasing Muslim victories, Christian defeats and European transgressions coupled with the Reformation and Counter-Reformation led to the end of the Crusades. Karl Friedrich Lessing — Last Crusader (1835)

dergutekamerad:

Romantic portrayal of the “Last Crusader”. Increasing Muslim victories, Christian defeats and European transgressions coupled with the Reformation and Counter-Reformation led to the end of the Crusades.

Karl Friedrich Lessing — Last Crusader (1835)

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f**kyeaarthistory: John Constable Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Garden 1825 Oil on canvas Currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

f**kyeaarthistory:

John Constable

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Garden

1825

Oil on canvas

Currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

buppenisms: hottiesofarthistory: Samuel Palmer, a Romantic British landscape painter, etcher, and printmaker, as well as a prolific writer. Multi-talented. I approve. AND he has a nice cravat. 

buppenisms:

hottiesofarthistory:

Samuel Palmer, a Romantic British landscape painter, etcher, and printmaker, as well as a prolific writer. Multi-talented. I approve.

AND he has a nice cravat. 

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