Gay Nineties Arcadia

Based on the aesthetics of a fantasy version of the 1890s. Also occasionally old school lesbians.

[fordarkmornings]

Jeune femme à la balustrade

Henry Caro–Delvaille (French, 1860–1943)

Oil on panel

[shisasan]

𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟼 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚃𝚜𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚎𝚟𝚊, 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜 (𝟷𝟾𝟿𝟸-𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟷)

[vintageeveryday]

English sportsman and politician William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough with wife Ethel, Lady Desborough, and one of their daughters, circa 1909.

[thedaughtersofthetsar]

Grand Duchesses Olga Nikolaevna, Maria Nikolaevna and Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia in 1908

[vintagenorway]

New Year’s Eve, Bergen, 1894-95

[fordarkmornings]

Details from Merrymakers, 1870. 

Carolus-Duran (French, 1837–1917)

Oil on canvas

[smithsonianlibrariesarchives]

NYE Expectations vs. NYE Reality . And we’re not even mad about it. 

However you celebrate, we hope you have a fabulous New Year’s Eve! 

Images of both perfectly acceptable celebration styles are from French fashion journal Gazette du bon ton (1914), available in our Digital Library.  

[poetrylesbian]

Hi can I please look at (and like) probably-gay silent film actress Maude Fealy for the rest of my life 😍

[midwinter-tears]

Eva Palmer

[shesnake]

Madeleine Madden as Marion Quade in Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018).

[sydneyflapper]

A Happy New Year! 

[met-photos]

Four Sisters by Frank Eugene, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography

Rogers Fund, 1972 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Platinum print

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/260115

[artist-boldini]

Portrait of Lina Cavalieri, 1901, Giovanni Boldini

Medium: oil,canvas

[vintageeveryday]

Portraits of Laverie Vallee aka Charmion, Victorian era American strongwoman.

[vintagenorway]

Christmas party at the Feyling family in Johan Feyersgate 18, Egersund, Norway, 1909/1910

[fordarkmornings]

Sankt Hans aften ved Vejle Fjord, 1904.

Harald Slott-Møller (Danish, 1864-1937)

Oil on canvas

[met-photos]

Mrs. Alice Raphael by Aimé Dupont, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography

Gift of Alice Raphael, 1960 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Gelatin silver print

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/270326