History Is My Muse

May 01

monsieurleprince:

Jacques-Louis David (1748 - 1825) - Portrait of Mademoiselle Guimard as Terpsichore

(via miss-laura-bennet)

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tiny-librarian:

A pair of ladies silk brocade shoes from 1756.

Source

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saveusalltellmelifeisbeautiful:

allthingseurope:

Cornwall, England (by Simon J Byrne)

(via essence-of-iridescence)

tiny-librarian:

Miniature of Louis XVII.

(via vivelareine)

ghostribbons:

scarymansion: Adolphe La Lyre, Sainte Cécile, 1896.

(via martyred)

c0ssette:

‘The Rose Girl’ (detail) Émile Vernon (1872-1919)

(via martyred)

lsolde:

aseaofquotes:

Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

(Source: aseaofquotes)

paintings-details:

George Knapton, Portrait of a Woman

1735-1745

(Source: detailsofpaintings, via jaded-mandarin)