#victorian portraits

[resplendentoutfit]

They didn't make it onto the fashion plates; they were the fashion plates

Lovely Victorian women of color dressed in elegant style.

[ghw-archive]

'The Letter', life study by Sir Edwin Landseer, made ca. 1830-40.

[3victorian8]

“Shake thyself from the dust; and arise” ⚰️

Photography by Iulia Iepure

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[nevernoneart]

I’ve been busy updating the shop, so took the time to upload the next strange little Victorian portrait while I was working. This is Miss Egg. Is she the one who made Mr Spoon’s heart race?

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Portrait of Anna of Prussia (1858) (detail)

via bonniesoubise

[catsofyore]

Portrait of a loaf. Ca. 1865 - 1880. Source.

[eirene]

A Cavatina, 1888

Briton Riviere

[miamaimania]

Whispers from the Past: A Tale of an 1850 Mother of Pearl Comb USA

[disease]

Sara Forbes Bonetta by Camille Silvy. [1862]

[heaveninawildflower]

'Portrait of Jane Morris Asleep on a Sofa' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0.

[diemelusine]

A classical beauty by John William Godward (1861-1922). Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross.

[burningvelvet]

Locks of hair from Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Lord Byron, next to their portraits:

[3victorian8]

there is blood in the holy water 🩸

Photo by Iulia Iepure

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[georgiacooked]

My last repaint for a little while as I settle back into script deadlines, but I couldn't resist finishing this one. Johnny and Mina's marriage sketch, from August 24th.

I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH, YOUR HONOUR.

Original sketch:

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Władisław Bakałowicz, Portrait of Józefina Amszyńska née Guzowska (c.1882) (detail)

via National Museum in Warsaw

[la-belle-histoire]

Mrs. George Swinton (Elizabeth Ebsworth), John Singer Sargent. 1897.