Tales of bygone centuries

Norwegian equestrian & historian • 1870-1914 • Cavalry history • Books & movies • Belle Époque • Architecture • Dune & Hunger Games • 🇦🇹🇿🇦🇷🇺

[tinytuunbaq]

locking in for stephen maturin girl summer (catching lizards and wearing cunty jackets)

[baradragon]

notice how everyones 30 now

[divinevivienleigh]

Vivien Leigh in Romeo and Juliet, 1940

[komsomolka]

Embroidered Map of Russia (Chuvash National Museum).

The map fragments were hand-embroidered by artisans from each region and combined into a single piece. The map depicts traditional patterns from various ethnic groups living in what is now Russia.

[chewbacca]

The Hunger Games (2012), dir. Gary Ross

[mountedhistory]

The Tall Ships Races are coming to Stavanger next week! I am so excited!! 💖⚓️

[ltwilliammowett]

The Bark Gorch Fock at the Sail250 Boston Parade, 2026. In addition, she won the "Five Sisters Trophy" regatta on the route from New York to Boston.

[strawberryteabunny]

Finished this dress in time to celebrate the winter solstice with my friends last weekend! The days are getting longer and brighter from now on ☀️

[shippman]

Haymitch Abernathy and Effie Trinket through the years

[mountedhistory]

Gustav got his own favourite furniture outside in the sun 🥰

[aesthetic-stories]

[devdas5z]

Natalia Vodianova

[back-to-life]

[wincaraz]

[divorcedwife]

if you want good refs for the mid/late 18th century, my favorite portrait painters are joshua reynolds

thomas lawrence

& george romney

for earlier in the 18th century, i would say alexander roslin and fragonard. let's all get into 18th century art this summer

[fourleafsong]

coriolanus snow in tbosas

[frontmansdefender]