One Hangs a Thief

My name is Alexandra, I'm a graphic designer in New York City, but grew up in Asia. I am an unrepentant history buff, fangirl and uber nerd. This blog is essentially what the inside of my brain looks like.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Scrapbook fan, 1880-85.

[thekimonogallery]

Man’s under-kimono (nagajuban) with spider and spiderweb. Taishō (1912–26) to Shōwa (1926–89) period, ca. 1920s-30s. Crepe silk (chirimen) with freehand paste-resist dyeing (yūzen). Promised gift of John C. Weber. Photo: Paul Lachenauer; courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[natureunveiled]

Rudolf Schlicter

Blind Power

1937

[centuriespast]

Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boeveys (1817–1887), Mrs William Gibbs (unfinished) William Boxall (1800–1879) National Trust, Tyntesfield

[mydearalgeria]

An Algerian moorish veiled woman by Jean Geiser. 

[madamelesfressange]

Jinta Hirayama’s Night Fireworks Part  1

1. Night Fireworks no. 66 (1883) 2. Night Fireworks no. 76 (1883) 3. Night Fireworks no. 74 (1883) 4. Night Fireworks no. 73 (1883) 5.  Night Fireworks no. 72 (1883) 6. Night Fireworks no. 70 (1883) 7. Night Fireworks no. 7 (1883) 8. Night Fireworks no. 69 (1883) 9. Night Fireworks no. 68 (1883) 10. Night Fireworks no. 70 (1883)

[lionfloss]

by artist Miki Kim

[centuriespast]

A 14th-century depiction of the Black Death on a fresco in the former Abbey of Saint-André-de-Lavaudieu, France. Photo Credit…Yogi Black/Alamy

[bukomoon]

“Opalescence” by Boucheron — transformable betta fish pendant/ear cuff with rose gold accents and an opal cabochon, photo via Instagram

[ganymedesrocks]

A Fauns Conquest and A Knights Surrender. Two paintings in vintage style by Felix d’Eon, taking the Faun out of the night to now dance into the Light…

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Marie-Denise Villers (French, 1774-1821) Etude de femme d'après nature (A Study of a Woman from Nature), also known as “Portrait of Madame Soustra,“1802

[ex0skeletal-undead]

The Inbetween Fellow by Vik / Cleo Naturin

This artist on Instagram

[vaninnavaninni]

[clawmarks]

Cyprian Leowitz - Eclipses luminarium - 1555 - via BSB

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Bodice and Skirt.

Date: 1905

Medium: Silk, velvet, ribbon, lace, button

[sartorialadventure]

hashtag fashion

[peabodywunderkammer]

Are you excited for Halloween? We are positively afloat with anticipation–like this witch! Don’t forget to mark your calendars for our second annual Halloween Festival at Peabody! 

Ingoldsby Legends - fore-edge detail

Detail of fore-edge painting of a witch and her cauldron of evil!

The Ingoldsby legends: or, Mirth and marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, esquire [pseud.] ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and John Tenniel.  London : R. Bentley, 1866.

Location: The George Peabody Library, The Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University Call No.:  827.8 IN 46 1866

[ruched]

Miss Sohee (x DG) Fall 2022