#Victorian times

[fleur-de-paris]

Victorian tortoiseshell-framed sunglasses with silver (coloured) metal hinges, English circa 1850.

#fashion history #sunglasses #mid 19th century #victorian times

[greenteacryptid]

#shitpost #shitposting #chaoscore #cryptidcore #chaotic bastard #gremlincore #crowcore #witchcore #mosscore #cryptid #weirdcore #history #image post #text convo #instagram dm #stupid shit #victorian #victorian times #victorian history

[wierdartistmarcell]

I had so much fun designing this lad. His name was super hard to land on, but I feel he ended up with the right vibe.When I got the prompt, I knew immediately that this had to be a pompous tory bitch-boi that fucked around and found out. And making him a vampire that’s just out of fucks to give, was very fun.

And I am so happy with that outfit.

#digital art #character art #improvement hell #vampire #oc #character design #Victorian times

[scotianostra]

On May 19th, 1815, Catherine Hogarth Dickens was born in Edinburgh.

In 1834 she and her family moved to England where her father had taken a job as a music critic for the Morning Chronicle. Charles Dickens, young and unattached, was also employed by the Morning Chronicle. His first romantic relationship, with Maria Beadnell, had ended badly. However he was quite recovered and was quickly taken with Catherine.

They met in 1834, became engaged in 1835 and were married in April of 1836. In January of 1837 the first of their ten children was born.

The early years of their marriage were apparently quite happy. Dickens was in love with his young wife and she was very proud of her famous husband. In 1841 the couple travelled to Scotland. In 1842 they travelled to America together.

After the 1842 trip to America, Catherine’s sister Georgina came to live with the couple. Catherine was becoming overwhelmed with the duties of being the wife of a famous man and mother of ten children. Georgina stepped in to fill the gaps and eventually ran the Dickens household.

Dickens grew unhappy with Catherine and his marriage. He resented the fact that he had so many children to support. (Somehow he saw this as Catherine’s fault.) He did not approve of Catherine’s lack of energy. He began to indicate that she was not nor had ever been his intellectual equal.

In 1855 his discontent led him to accept an invitation to meet with his former girlfriend, Maria Beadnell. Maria had married and had become Mrs. Henry Winter. However Mrs. Henry Winter did not live up to Dickens’ romantic memories and nothing ever came of the reunion.

In 1857 Dickens met the woman who was to be his companion until his death, Ellen Ternan. Ellen, her mother and her sister were hired to act in a benefit presentation of The Frozen Deep. The event was sponsored by Dickens who also co-starred in the event.

Dickens’ life with Catherine seemed even more insufferable after meeting Ellen. Dickens wrote to his friend John Forster, “Poor Catherine and I are not made for each other, and there is no help for it. It is not only that she makes me uneasy and unhappy, but that I make her so too—and much more so.”

In 1857 Charles and Catherine took separate bedrooms.

In the spring of 1858 a bracelet that Dickens bought as a present for Ellen was accidentally delivered to the Dickens household. Catherine discovered the bracelet and accused Dickens of having an affair. Dickens denied the accusation and said it was his custom to give small gifts to people that acted in his plays. In June of 1858 Catherine and Charles were legally separated. Days later Dickens published a notice in the London Times and Household Words that tried to explain the separation to the public. In the notice he stated, “Some domestic trouble of mine, of long-standing, on which I will make no further remark than that it claims to be respected, as being of a sacredly private nature, has lately been brought to an arrangement, which involves no anger or ill-will of any kind, and the whole origin, progress, and surrounding circumstances of which have been, throughout, within the knowledge of my children. It is amicably composed, and its details have now to be forgotten by those concerned in it.”

While an announcement of this sort seems extreme Dickens was motivated to do so by some of the rumours circulating about the breakup. There was some gossip about an actress and some stories even suggested that Dickens was having an affair with his sister-in-law, Georgina. The second rumour was particularly upsetting because in those times such a relationship would have been viewed as incestuous.

Despite assurances that things were “amicably composed” Dickens and Catherine were never again on pleasant terms. Catherine was given a house. Their oldest son, Charley, moved in with her. Dickens retained custody of the rest of the children. While the children were not forbidden to visit their mother they were not encouraged to do so.

Catherine lived for another twenty years after the separation, passing away in November 1879. Deprived of both the role of wife and mother, she never seemed to recover from the breakup of her marriage.

#Scotland #scottish #anglo-scottish #victorian times #charles dickens #history

[fearthecoldblood]

no more making headcanons about your bloodborne character’s height/eye colour/personality etc..........

how many teeth do they have?

#cw teeth #literally the more pressing question #victorian times #fighting beasts and people alike #getting their faces smashed in #not to mention the teeth just falling ojt from lack of dental care or hygiene #or just removing them themselves

[iawenda]

Causes of death in London, 1632.

#goth #victorian #london #england #english #history #english history #victorian times #death and dying #death #macabre #gothcore #dark aesthetic #print #text #witchblr #witchcore

[labellenouvelle]

HOLD YOUR HORSES , I MEAN GATORS

An original and rare New Orleans Victorian trade card for LOUIS RUHE’S BIRD & ANIMALS STORE on 117 Chartres st. Near Canal.   And yes those are real live alligators on leash displayed by the employees on the storefront.  Only in NOLA !

Item No. E4983

Dimensions: 5 1/2″ x 3 1/2″

List Price: $ 175

504.581.3733 /t

[email protected] /e

#oddities #curiosities #victorian #victorian trade cards #ephemera #alligators #victorian times #old new orleans #historic new orleans #louis ruhe #birdstore #antiques #magazine street

[irishrebelvoice]

Sherlock Holmes, The Red Tower - Victorian Thriller By Mark A Latham

One of the best of the new Sherlock Holmes stories, remaining true to the original character of the indefatigable detective.

Sherlock Holmes, The Red Tower by Mark A Latham Dr Watson is still recovering from the death of his beloved wife, Mary. He is considering Holmes’ offer of a return to his quarters on Baker Street when an old friend, and aristocrat, James Crain, gets in touch to invite him to spend some time at his stately home, Crain Manor. Watson feels it might just be the tonic to take his mind off his woes…

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#Conan Doyle #Detective story #Dr Watson #English literature #English mansion #Ghost story #Haunted house #Murder mystery #Sherlock Holmes #Uncle Silas #Victorian Times

[doctornanitesreblogs]

someone: making an innocent joke about how silly people were in Victorian times, needing fainting couches and having to go on trips to the sea for their health me, a history buff, about to ruin their joke: actually the life expectancy was 41, air pollution was so bad they did need go to the seaside for their health. Their problems were very real and they were not being silly or exaggerating

#history #victorian times

[cher-ley]

Remembering the past as it really was

For the last two months, I’ve been doing a series on Facebook called Time Travel Thursday. Hello, readers. I’m Mike Staton and I wrote this blog post. In it I feature old photos from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They capture the faces of my maternal family ancestors, many who lived their lives long before I was born. To fully grasp the significance of these old photos, people who…

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#American past #ancestors #Victorian Times

[marzipanandminutiae]

quotes by Victorians about the 1920s view of their generation's women

"We are frequently told that the Victorian woman...generally behaved like a pampered and neurotic infant. This is all moonshine. I do not think that I ever saw a woman faint before I came to London in 1869, and not often after then...they enjoyed a hearty laugh, and a good many of them a contest of wits with any man." -Nineteenth Century, a Monthly Review, 1927 (written by a man born in 1850)

"What queer ideas the girl of 1929 has about the Victorian period- they are not a bit true...Marriage was by no means the end and aim of our existence. Oxford and Cambridge claimed quite a few of us after school days were over. We had great ideas about 'life' and what it all might mean to us." -St. Petersburg Times, 1929 (written by a woman born in 1853)

"True, debutantes were chaperoned at balls. But that fact did not prevent them from dancing as frequently as they chose with their favorite partners. The idea that girls in the Victorian era spent their days sewing seams and practicing scales is another fallacy." -Gettysburg Times, July 1, 1927 (quote from the Dowager Lady Raglan, Ethel Jemima Somerset, who lived from 1857 to 1940)

#history #when they were still alive to defend themselves #maybe- much as I rag on modern historical fiction -we've gotten a bit closer to the truth than our grandparents did #see this is one reason I love studying the Victorian era (besides hoarding their detritus like a dragon I mean what) #it just is One Of The Eras Of All Time in pop culture #and it means so much to so many people that getting to the real human bottom of it fascinates me #spoiler: it boils down to 'people were people and always have been'

[ominouspuff]

Fwoom (intimidatingly)

#fan art #artists on tumblr #star wars fanart #star wars: the clone wars #darth maul #Crimson Dawn #ganglord Maul #My friends that tag is canon #what a time to be alive #Maul’s true calling is to scare hundreds of other scary people into some kind of order b/c it’s just more convenient for him personally #And then throw a secret fit about no one being able to throw down with him properly (which would make anyone a bit blue surely) #And then remember Kenobi exists and have another less subtle fit re: the injustice of being unable to immediately DeStroy the Kenobi #Before settling back into being terrifyingly snobbishly competent starting with making himself a cup of SPOICY tea #Like an aggrieved Victorian socialite

[nooskadraws]

a study of comfort 🌿✨💀

an illustration for a blanket available for preorder! (only open for two weeks!)

#illustration #artists on tumblr #dark academia #spooky #victorian aesthetic #omg i'm so so pleased and happy with how this turned out!!! #check out the preorder it's only available for two weeks!! #i hope this blanket gets made so so much i spent a whole long time on all those details <3

[blushedfemme]

why do we as dykes not have a cruising culture… sometimes i do not want the requisite first date staring soulfully into each other’s eyes and talking about our childhoods sometimes i want one brief sizzling glance at the grocery store and have it be immediately understood that i want two or perhaps three of your fingers inside of me as i cling to your jacket for balance in the single-occupancy bathroom and muffle my moans into my fist

#blushing #every time my gay best friend talks abt cruising i feel like a victorian street urchin pressing a grubby hand against the shop window #i mean to be real i want both. who am i kidding i’m a lesbian i love talking about childhoods and long soulful stares

[neosuchoo]

They’re going to go hook up in the bathroom in approximately 20 minutes

#1860s fashion #1860s #bubbline fanart #bubbline #princess bubblegum #marceline the vampire queen #marceline #evening gown #victorian fashion #victorian au #adventure time fanart #adeventure time

[mobius-m-mobius]

#just a wizard gentleman and his butler 🪄🎩

#mobius #loki #lokius #victor timely #loki spoilers #mcuedit #lokiedit #marveledit #owen wilson #tom hiddleston #wasn't gonna make this set until later in the week and we all know mobius is calling the shots BUT #even though it's not the same thing i can't get a slow burn valet au out of my mind and it's driving me insane please someone write this 😭 #the way mobius is constantly supporting and hyping everything about loki they were taught to push aside... never getting over it... #and just because it needs to be said i've been crying over owen in that victorian fit for days now god is he beautiful 😭😭 #loki s2 spoilers #marvel #owenwilsonedit #dianagifs #flashing cw