#isabel archer

[didanagy]

THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (1996)

dir. jane campion

[avonlea71]

The Portrait Of A Lady (1996).

[arsenic-lobster]

Mysteriously, there is no fan art of my favorite doomed people (Isabel Archer and Ralph Touchett) on Tumblr, so here's a sketch based on a still from the 1996 Jane Campion film adaptation. Why is there no fandom for this? Is it because the source material (book, I mean) is too perfect? Or too perfectly devastating?

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

The world, in truth, had never seemed so large; it seemed to open out, all round her, to take the form of a mighty sea, where she floated in fathomless waters. She had wanted help, and here was help; it had come in a rushing torrent.

Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

[costumeloverz71]

Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) The Portrait Of A Lady (1996).

[soisaidfine]

Wojciech Kilar: The Portrait Of A Lady (Soundtrack)

Jane Campion - Nicole Kidman - Henry James

Prologue: My Life Before Me

The Portrait Of A Lady

Flowers Of Firenze

Twilight Cellos

A Certain Light

Cypresses

Schubert, Impromptu In G Flat, D899 No. 3

Schubert, Impromptu In A Flat, D899 No. 4

Schubert, String Quartet In D Minor, D810 'Death And The Maiden'

Epilogue: The Portrait Of A Lady

Phantasms Of Love

The Kiss

Love Remains

End Credits

[howifeltabouthim]

' . . . is there anything wrong in trying to get her safely tied up with some nice man? We can't leave her to the mercy of the first adventurer who comes along, it must be somebody we know and trust.'

L. P. Hartley, from The Hireling

[noctisvel]

Regina character inspiration

Irene Adler- Irene Adler is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A former opera singer and actress, she was featured in the short story “A Scandal in Bohemia”, published in July 1891. Adler is one of the most notable female characters in the Sherlock Holmes series, despite appearing in only one story. While not technically a criminal and bearing no malice towards Holmes, she outsmarts him and evades his traps. Sherlock Holmes refers to her afterwards respectfully as “the Woman”.

Evelyn carnahan-Evelyn Carnahan (later O’Connell) is the deuteragonist of The Mummy movie trilogy. At a young age, Evelyn acquired an interest in Egypt and its history.

Anastasia- self explanatory

Isabella bird- Isabella Lucy Bishop FRGS was an English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist

Harriet Chalmers- Harriet Chalmers Adams was an American explorer, writer and photographer

Isabel Archer, title character of the novel The Portrait of a Lady (1881) by Henry James. Isabel’s experiences in Europe force her to confront the conflict between her desire for independence and her commitment to social propriety