oldbookillustrations:

Then the figure in the gown, standing up, […] discovered plainly the very figure and skeleton of Death.
Tony Johannot, from Don Quixote de la Mancha vol. 3, by Miguel de Cervantes, London, 1839.
(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Then the figure in the gown, standing up, […] discovered plainly the very figure and skeleton of Death.

Tony Johannot, from Don Quixote de la Mancha vol. 3, by Miguel de Cervantes, London, 1839.

(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

“I’ve won,” she cried.
from Cleopatra, by Henry Rider Haggard, London, 1894.
(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

“I’ve won,” she cried.

from Cleopatra, by Henry Rider Haggard, London, 1894.

(Source: archive.org)

nevver:

John Tottenham
nevver:

Jane Mai
nevver:

Lets adore and endure
turnofthecentury:

billyjane:Masked Ballerina, c. 1880
Albumen Print from Kingston Collection
turnofthecentury:

Lewis Carroll - Alice Jane Donkin, 1862.
from realityayslum

turnofthecentury:

Lewis Carroll - Alice Jane Donkin, 1862.

from realityayslum

A Depressing Thought

crashinglybeautiful:

     That a fantastic flower develops from just a little tiny seed–
that knowing that doesn’t totally rip us out of our minds–that’s a
depressing thought.

Joe Brainard

nevver:

Must draw more

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