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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.

tiny-librarian:

Royal Birthdays for today, June 3rd:

John Manuel, Prince of Portugal, 1537

Charles II, Archduke of Austria, 1540

Frederick VIII, King of Denmark, 1843

George V, King of the United Kingdom, 1865

Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain, 1933

Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg, 2006

themauveroom: A lovely icon of the Imperial Family. I like that they look more like themselves in this one than in most of the others. 

themauveroom:

A lovely icon of the Imperial Family. I like that they look more like themselves in this one than in most of the others. 

(via perstephsanscouronne)

lostsplendor: Alexandra Feodorovna, c. 1889 (via Grand Ladies)

lostsplendor:

Alexandra Feodorovna, c. 1889 (via Grand Ladies)

(via lostsplendor)

amoderndandy: lostsplendor: Otto I. of Bavaria, Click for Source. Otto I never knew he was king. When he was still young he showed severe signs of mental illness and was locked away in a remote palace. When his brother Ludwig II died he nominally became king, but apparently never realized this. His uncle Luitpold managed the state as prince regent and after his death Luitpolds son Ludwig took over.

amoderndandy:

lostsplendor:

Otto I. of Bavaria, Click for Source.

Otto I never knew he was king. When he was still young he showed severe signs of mental illness and was locked away in a remote palace. When his brother Ludwig II died he nominally became king, but apparently never realized this. His uncle Luitpold managed the state as prince regent and after his death Luitpolds son Ludwig took over.

carolathhabsburg: Tomasso di Savoia, duca di Genoa.

carolathhabsburg:

Tomasso di Savoia, duca di Genoa.

lostsplendor: Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria, Horseback c. 1863 (via | Grand Ladies | gogm)

lostsplendor:

Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria, Horseback c. 1863 (via | Grand Ladies | gogm)

lostsplendor: Maria Feodorovna in Stripes. Click for Source.

lostsplendor:

Maria Feodorovna in Stripes. Click for Source.

britishroyalty: Queen Victoria and her grandchildren through her daughter Alice, the Grand Duchess of Hesse: Victoria (maternal grandmother of The Duke of Edinburgh), Elisabeth, Irene, Ernest Louis, and Alexandra (last Empress of Russia).

britishroyalty:

Queen Victoria and her grandchildren through her daughter Alice, the Grand Duchess of Hesse: Victoria (maternal grandmother of The Duke of Edinburgh), Elisabeth, Irene, Ernest Louis, and Alexandra (last Empress of Russia).

carolathhabsburg: The queen is Amused!

carolathhabsburg:

The queen is Amused!

carolathhabsburg: Prins Eugen of Sweden and pet. Eugen was an artist prince, he was a great painter. And also he s in my top ten favorite royals i d like to marry *0*

carolathhabsburg:

Prins Eugen of Sweden and pet. Eugen was an artist prince, he was a great painter.

And also he s in my top ten favorite royals i d like to marry *0*