#victorian photography

[lady-crimson-nosferatu]

[thesobsister]

"Night" and "Day," purportedly by Lewis Carroll, as reproduced in View, vol.2, iss.2, 1942.

If you hadn't told me these were by Carroll, I'd have guessed "West Coast homoerotic magickal surrealism" ca. 1957.

[misscromwellsmonocle]

Two women making a snow lady (1892) from: The Strand magazine

[a-little-bit-pre-raphaelite]

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St. Agnes, 1864, Julia Margaret Cameron

This years Advent calendar is on the theme of Light

[la-belle-histoire]

Grand Duchess Elizabeta Feodorovna (Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine), 1878.

[frostedmagnolias]

May Day

Photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron

1866

[holmesoldfellow]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on his graduation day in 1881, receiving a Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh (where he met Dr. Joseph Bell, the main inspiration for Sherlock Holmes)

Happy graduation season!

[windowstothepast]

Lesbian Couple, ca. early 1900s

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Mrs. James Brown Potter, 1883

Taken by Jose Maria Mora, 707 Broadway, NYC

via david shields on pinterest

[heaveninawildflower]

'Botanical Specimens' (circa 1841). Attributed to Robert Hunt (British, 1807–1887).

Salted paper and fabric prints.

Image and text information courtesy The Met.

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Persian cat, circa 1880.

[labyrinthofstreams]

"Vengeance"

Photographed by Constant Puyo, 1896.

[a-little-bit-pre-raphaelite]

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The Angel at the Tomb, 1869, Julia Margaret Cameron

This years Advent calendar is on the theme of Light

[la-belle-histoire]

Mme. G.F. Murray (Montreal, QC). William Notman & Son. 1886.

[misscromwellsmonocle]

A kiss (1900s)

[jocelynedelioncourt]

Virtual photoshoot with Itzel at the Chateau Tivoli

Shot via @clos.app

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