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Because because because

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"Die Flamme," 1902 oil painting by Wilhelm Bernatzik

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I don’t normally work blue, but I ran across these color plates from a 1771 volume called Veneres uti observantur in gemmis antiquis by Pierre d'Hancarville (1719-1805), and I felt they ought to see the light.

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Auguste Roubille in Cocorico magazine, Feb. 1900

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Mechanical jester fork of yore

from an entry in The Book of Days. A miscellany of popular antiquties, in connection with the calendar (1864)

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Three men working with an incinerator, Konrad Biesalski, c. 1894 - in or before 1899

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Batwings and boots, 1880

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Charles Williams, 1801

“In her left hand she holds the "Gothic Novel" The Monk, written by Matthew Gregory Lewis. In the interior there are several references to love, such as the painting with Danaë on the wall, the pendulum with putti and two open books entitled The Kisses and Oeconomy of Love.” via

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Screaming Child, Stung by a Bee, attributed to Hendrik de Keyser, c. 1615, boxwood sculpture

“This sculpture probably depicts Cupid, the god of love, who was stung by a bee after stealing some honey. The incident is described in a poem attributed to the Greek poet Theocritus, who lived in the 3rd century BC. The Amsterdam city sculptor Hendrik de Keyser here drew on the poem to portray an extreme facial expression.” (source)

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~ Eye from a Bronze Statue. Culture: Greek Date: 5th - 2nd century B.C. Medium: Marble, obsidian, glass, and copper.

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Facial expressions achieved through electrical stimulation

from Les merveilles de la science, ou Description populaire des inventions modernes, 1870

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Did the prince ply Sleeping Beauty with legal stimulants rather than a nonconsensual kiss?

Advertising card issued between 1925-50 by Van Nelle Roodmerk Koffie (Netherlands).

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1951

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Mourning

Marie Federowna Impe., Veuve Du Czar Paul 1er, Costume de Deuil 1802-05

Artist: Raphael Jacquemin (1821-1881?). 1860s.

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“The Child talks to the Drops of Water”

Frank C. Papé, illus., The Story Without an End, 1913

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oh crap aw geez

German satire magazine, 1914

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Jugend, 1903

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Perseus displays Gorgon’s head as a trophy. Cuando la tierra era niña. 1920. Fontanls, artist.