an undying sexual frustration

allison. "she is the place you go to sin, she is the place you go to repent…”

[vampira-carmilla]

Vanessa Ives and Ethan Chandler in Penny Dreadful.

[nymphsoup]

damn girl, you'll make the prettiest flowers once your body rots into the earth

[clawmarks]

The English Illustrated Magazine - 1889-1890 - via Internet Archive

[perriaeyjeve]

[moonandtrees]

Tumblr on We Heart It - http://weheartit.com/entry/49400771/via/aquaminttea

Hearted from: http://messyraindropsx.tumblr.com/post/40704894437/http-whrt-it-sl9saj

[dreamyvixen]

vintage chantal thomass white ruffled corset top

[detailsofpaintings]

Anne Vallayer-Coster, Bouquet of Flowers in a Terracotta Vase with Peaches and Grapes (details)

1776

[die-rosastrasse]

Can we bring back 18th century hairstyles?

Rococo Era paintings by Elizabeth Vigée Lebrun, François Boucher, Jakob Björck, Antoine-Jean Gros and François-Hubert Drouais.

[iridessence]

Yes bring it back!!! and yes, it can include styles on Afro textured hair!!

[impressionsonmymind]

Edgar Degas, Ballet at the Paris Opera, 1877, Pastel over monotype on cream laid paper

[pairs-studio]

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: Cover detail from A History of Gardening in England By The Hon. Alicia Amherst. Second Edition. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1896.

[holyvvolf]

[bebemoon]

oscar de la renta rtw spring 2o2o

[soft-lovely]

painting murals in an abandoned villa in tuscany, italy

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Leopold Horovitz, Portrait of Karolina Janina Leonia Wereszczakowa (1883) (detail)

via wikimedia commons

[malnedott]

francesco hayez (1791-1882, italian)

“portrait of countess antonietta negroni prati morosini as a child” details ca. 1858

[noonwalkdiary]

desired career: a nude pond nymph that plays a golden lyre and sleeps on damp moss beneath the moon