The Hunting of the Snark – Götz Kluge's blog about Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's tragicomedy

The Hunting of the Snark – Götz Kluge's blog about Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's tragicomedy

A Windy Day on the Pont des Arts (1881) by by Jean Beraud (French artist, lived 1849–1935). A footbridge spanning the Seine River between the Institut de France and the Cour Carrée of the Louvre, Paris.

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Nocturne in Blue and Silver - The Lagoon Venice (1879-80) by James McNeill Whistler (American artist, lived 1834–1903). #Venice - mood, atmosphere, beauty and colour.

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Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman), 1893, by John Singer Sargent (American artist, lived 1856–1925). According to the artist she had ‘the face of the Madonna and the eyes of a child.’

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Young Girl in a Garden by Olga Boznanska (Polish artist, lived 1865–1940).

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La Lettre by Jean Beraud (French artist, lived 1849–1935). "OK, what do you want to say?"

#Writing #Writers #Letter #LetterWriting #Drink #Drinkers #Pub #Inn #fashion #FashionHistory #victorian #victodons #VictorianArt #VictorianEra #Victoriana #FineArt #interior

Circe (1885) by John Collier (English artist, lived 1850-1934). The enchantress from Homer's Odyssey - holding court with her favourite felines.

#Cats #Tiger #Lion #Leopard #victorian #victodons #VictorianArt #VictorianEra #Victoriana #FineArt #Myth #Mythology #BritishArt #EnglishArt #enchantress #Homer #Odyssey #feline

Mariana (1851) by Sir John Everett Millais (English artist, lived 1829–1896).

'I am aweary, aweary ..' Based on Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, via Tennyson's poem ‘Mariana’.

#PreRaphaelite #PRB #Autumn #Fall #Leaves #FashionHistory #victorian #victodons #VictorianArt #VictorianEra #Victoriana #FineArt #Youth #Aestheticism #VintageFashion #FashionHistory #1800s #19thcentury #thelongvictorian #art #historyofart #oldmasterpaintings