oldbookillustrations:

Get thee back into the tempest
And the Night’s Plutonian shore!

William Ladd Taylor, from The raven, by Edgar Allan Poe, New York, 1884.

(Source: archive.org)

steroge:

Joueur d’Orgue (Organ-Grinder and Girl), 1898-99
Jean-Eugene-Auguste Atget

a-l-ancien-regime:

Monoceros, from “A Celestial Atlas,” Published in 1822  by A. Jamieson

A celestial atlas : comprising a systematic display of the heavens in a series of thirty maps : illustrated by scientific description of their contents and accompanied by catalogues of the stars and astronomical exercises .

London : G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1822.

coolyourbeansmyson:

The Absinthe Drinker - Edouard Manet

frenchhistory:

Constitution de 1875 : loi constitutionnelle des 22 juin, 7 juillet et 16 juillet 1875 relative aux rapports des pouvoirs publics.

@credits

The Constitutional Laws of 1875 are the laws passed in France by the National Assembly between February and July 1875 which established the Third French Republic.

The constitution laws could be roughly divided into three laws:

• The Act of 24 February 1875 - The organization of the Senate
• The Act of 25 February 1875 - The organization of government
• The Act of 16 July 1875 - The relationship between governments

This was the only time that a republic in France was not defined or organized by a genuine constitution. The laws were legally revoked only during the promulgation of The French Constitution of 1946.

fripperiesandfobs:

Day dress and capelet ca. 1855

From the Philadelphia Museum of Art

vicfangirlguide:

Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. The residence was built in the 1850s for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a home away from the pressures of court life. Albert himself designed the house and the royal family stayed there for several periods throughout the year including Victoria’s birthday, Albert’s birthday and the lead-up to Christmas. Victoria died at Osborne on 22 January 1901 with her son and successor King Edward VII by her bedside.