Charm Paper

 ‘and what is the use of a book,’ thought Alice, ‘without pictures or conversations?’.

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"Minnie with her Handglass" by Harrison Fisher (1875-1934).

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In The Boudoir by Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen.

1870

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[maudelynn]

Louis Icart~ The Four Seasons ~ Winter 

via www.bridgemanart.com  (and now I am off, no queue today! xoxo) 

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[maudelynn]

I love this drawing by Henry Patrick Raleigh

[noonesnemesis]

Cognac OTARD

Ernest Louis Lessieux

1910

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Queen Charlotte by Sir Thomas Gainsborough

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[simena]

Maria van Oosterwyck

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Here’s another painting of owl faces I just made for the FFDG show called Strigiformes. Interested in a preview? [email protected]

Strigiformes, 12” x 16” acrylic on maple panel, 2013

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Antonio Zoppi - Rococo Music scene via FA2010

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[artofnarrative]

This illustration is one of my favorite posts from 2011. Find it at Art of Narrative on Facebook.

Kay Nielsen ~ The Twelve Dancing Princesses ~ In Powder and Crinoline ~ Hodder & Stoughton ~ 1913

"Don’t drink!" cried out the little Princess, springing to her feet; "I would rather marry a gardener!"

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Wallflower

  Oh watch them, merry do they swirl.

Pastel silks and auburn curls

Bloom in ballgowns,

Sporting gloves

Of snowy white

like courting doves

Under ceiling lights of glass

See the turning, whirling mass

Lovers dear, new found desires

Hearts are racing, passionate fires.

“May I have the honour?” He

extends his hand to her and she

takes it, to the floor they go

the way that rivers gently flow

and with grace they keep the pace,

the dancing roses soon embrace.

  Poem by A. Alfante

Painting by Vladimir Pervuninsky

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La Donna Piu Bella Del Mondo (Beautiful But Dangerous) 1955 - Italian Movie about Lina Cavalieri.

(my relative)

[sugar-and-butter-fly]

La Donna Piu Bella Del Mondo (Beautiful But Dangerous) 1955 - Italian Movie about Lina Cavalieri.

(my relative)