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Patti Smith, 70′s

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Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, neé Infanta of Portugal, in riding habits. Late 1870s.

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John William Waterhouse, The Decameron, 1916, [detail]

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Tallahatchie County and Sumner, Mississippi William Eggleston

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Woman returning home with a Christmas tree, 1895

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The Dream of Faust (1874) - August von Kreling

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Detail : Euclid. 1630-35. Jusepe de Ribera. Spanish 1591-1652. oil/canvas.  http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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Alphonse Mucha - A Cloaked Woman ca. 1904

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MANDRAGORA

[noun]

1. a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form. Also known as a mandrake.

2. another name for the May apple.

Etymology: probably via Middle Dutch or English from Latin mandragoras (whence Old English mandragora), from Greek. The form mandrake was probably adopted through folk etymology, because of the allegedly human appearance of the root and because drake (dragon) suggested magical powers.

[Benjamin A. Vierling - Mandragora]

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From the Wisconsin Medical Recorder, 1909.

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louvre by Ben on Flickr

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