Gothic Romance

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1860-90’s, [cabinet card of two women sitting at a table examining a starfish and other specimens using magnifiers], J.R. Thomas

via the Wisconsin Historical Society

realityayslum:

Konrad Klapheck - Die Frühreife (Precocious Girl), 1959.

… via Christie’s

conceivable:

Earl & Lester, 1966
Photo by Lee Friedlander

fleurs-maladives:

Charles-Albert de Saint-Genois  Une représentation au Café Concert des Ambassadeurs, 1886

(via allmyphantoms)

mineralists:

Crystallized turquoise is very rare! On Quartz
Minas Gerais, Brazil

violentwavesofemotion:

“I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable…I suppose I’m larger than life.” - Bette Davis.

(via mudwerks)

mineralists:

Orange Quartz Druzy with Unique Crystal Formations Cab

oldbookillustrations:

Gustave Doré, frontispiece from Œuvres de François Rabelais (Works of François Rabelais), Paris, 1854.

(Source: archive.org)

mudwerks:

(via 391. - 4CP | Four Color Process)

fuckyeahtucson:

peonypompa

(via mudwerks)

(via veil-of-stars)