Aspidistra Obscura

centuriespast:

Woodcut from an 18th-century chapbook about the prophetess and supposed witch Mother Shipton, featured in Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century (1834) by John Ashton

(Source: publicdomainreview.org, via lykanthropoi)

achasma:

Epilogue (detail) by Gustaf Cederström, 1874.

(via lykanthropoi)

(Source: lesbianhorse)

yesterdaysprint:

Irene Castle and her monkey, 1915

(via gay-nineties-arcadia)

oldandenglishroses:

St Cecilia, English Rose

fashion-and-film:

Paris is Burning (1990)

cobblestonestreet:

Madame Grés for l’Officiel, 1952

(via midcenturyblog)

robert-hadley:

Pablo Picasso - ( 1881-1973) - Nu endormi

Source: Christie’s.com

yesterdaysprint:

Actress Helen Gilliland, 1923

(via bobbiewobbie)

deathandmysticism:

The Discovery of a London Monster Called the Black Dog of Newgate, 1638

(via folkhorrorrevival)

signorformica:

Woman, Serpent, Moon. via httpblog.ninapaley-com  Bibliothèque Infernale on FB