Calembredaines & Coquecigrues

Locks of hair taken from friends and loved ones were an...

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:13:11 +0200

Locks of hair taken from friends and loved ones were an important element of Mary Shelley’s sanctum at Boscombe Manor, following Mary Shelley’s own practice in collecting and preserving them. This elaborate case contains (mounted in the trademark gold gilt of the sanctum) locks of hair taken from six of Shelley’s friends: Lord Byron (1822); Leigh Hunt (1817); Byron’s mistress Teresa Guiccioli (no date); the Greek independence fighter Alexander Mavrocordato (1820); Edward John Trelawny (1822); Edward Williams (1821); and the Irish poet Thomas Moore (no date).

The Constellation series by New York based artist Kumi...

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:11:51 +0200

The Constellation series by New York based artist Kumi Yamashita is a series of portraits made entirely with a single piece of unbroken black thread meticulously wrapped around a sea of nails. Check out the rest of the pieces HERE

Harold Feinstein

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:48:24 +0200

Harold Feinstein

ca. 1880-1910s, [tintype portrait of young ladies dressed in...

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:02:37 +0200

ca. 1880-1910s, [tintype portrait of young ladies dressed in costumes as a Japanese maid (possibly related to The Mikado), the Queen of Hearts, Riding Hood, and Bopeep]

via Ebay

Tim Burton’s sketches of Lydia Deetz.

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:52:24 +0200

Tim Burton’s sketches of Lydia Deetz.

Delivering a dinosaur to the Boston Museum of Science - Arthur...

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:43:16 +0200

Delivering a dinosaur to the Boston Museum of Science - Arthur Pollock - 1984

Haruko Maeda

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:40:57 +0200

Haruko Maeda

calantheandthenightingale: by Alessandro Papetti

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:37:46 +0200

calantheandthenightingale:

by Alessandro Papetti

Favourite Editorials | Corpse Bride Kim Min Hee and Lee Hyuk...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:45:21 +0200

Favourite Editorials | Corpse Bride

Kim Min Hee and Lee Hyuk Soo by Zo Sun Hi for Vogue Korea (December 2009)

hellorhightide: Remains of a ’female vampire’, identified by...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:46:05 +0200

hellorhightide:

Remains of a ’female vampire’, identified by the clay brick that had been jammed into her mouth after death. The brick is thought to have been used to prevent the woman feeding on victims of a plague which swept through the city in the 16th Century.
Experts said the discovery supported the medieval belief that vampires were behind the spread of plagues like the Black Death.
The skeleton was unearthed in a mass grave from the Venetian plague of 1576 - in which the artist Titian died - on the small island of Lazzaretto Nuovo in the Venice lagoon.
Situated around two miles north east of Venice, the grave was used as a sanatorium for plague sufferers.
Matteo Borrini, of the University of Florence, said: “This is the first time that archaeology has succeeded in reconstructing the ritual of exorcism of a vampire. This helps… authenticate how the myth of vampires was born.”

http://news.sky.com/story/677166/female-vampire-had-brick-jammed-in-mouth

ufocottoncandy: unknowneditors: Photography by Matthias...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:45:23 +0200

ufocottoncandy:

unknowneditors:

Photography by Matthias Haker

Matthias Haker is a self-taught photographer currently based in Dresden, Germany. This set of photography feautures abandoned buildings from all around the world with their locations unknown to us. Haker goes to great lengths to photograph the abandoned buildings taking great care not to ruin or damage anything further. In something so broken, Matthias Haker is able to bring a certain beauty through his photographs in the moment the picture is taken to be retained forever.

blackandwtf: 1926 Dorothy Gulliver in a publicity photo for The...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:43:47 +0200

blackandwtf:

1926

Dorothy Gulliver in a publicity photo for The Collegians.

(via vintagegal)

likeafieldmouse: Mike Doyle - Abandoned Lego Houses (2011)

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:03:00 +0200

likeafieldmouse:

Mike Doyle - Abandoned Lego Houses (2011)

victorianfanguide: Six dolls which belonged to Princess...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:49:09 +0100

Fatima.

Gertrude, Lady Arnold.

Madame Galdstre Taglioni.

Sir William Arnold

Mademoiselle Nathalie Taglioni

Mademoiselle Rosalie Taglioni

victorianfanguide:

Six dolls which belonged to Princess Victoria. As a young girl Victoria collected over 130 small wooden dolls. She made the clothes for each doll herself, with a little help from her governess Baroness Lehzen, and modelled them on famous society figures and her favourite theatre performers. She also kept a notebook which recorded the name of each doll and who had helped to dress it.

maire-annatari: The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Gothic church in...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:20:24 +0100

maire-annatari:

The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Gothic church in the Czech Republic. It is adorned with the bones of some 40,000 people (some say up to 70,000), most of them victims of the Black Death.

When life gives you plagues, improve your architecture.

vintagegal: La Belle et la Bête (1946)

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:11:16 +0100

vintagegal:

La Belle et la Bête (1946)

omyearsandwhiskers: José Luis López Galván (Mexico) - Anatomy...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:06:44 +0100

omyearsandwhiskers:

José Luis López Galván (Mexico) - Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Sabañón, 2011 Paintings: Oil on Canvas

(via tattooedtaint, red-lipstick)

"I will love you as a thief loves a gallery and as a crow loves a murder, as a cloud loves bats and..."

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:56:57 +0100

“I will love you as a thief loves a gallery and as a crow loves a murder, as a cloud loves bats and as a range loves braes. I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong.”

- Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters (via myartisnotforsale)

mortisia: Death’s-head Hawkmoth The name refers to any one of...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:52:27 +0100

mortisia:

Death’s-head Hawkmoth

The name refers to any one of the three species (A. atropos, A. styx and A. lachesis) of moth in the genus Acherontia. These moths are easily distinguishable by the vaguely human skull-shaped pattern of markings on the thorax. These moths have several unusual features. All three species have the ability to emit a loud squeak if irritated.

The two of the tree species named after the Moirai in Greek mythology (the Fates) Lachesis (allotter) and Atropos (unturnable). The word Styx (also meaning “hate” and “detestation”) is a river in Greek mythology that formed the boundary between Earth and the Underworld.

source in the names and here | edit by me

Even though i cannot stand most of the insects in this world (i only like butterflies and bees) i found this particular animal pretty amazing. Still, only in photos.

jailagracedunearchiduchesse: Cleo de Merode

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:12:24 +0100

jailagracedunearchiduchesse:

Cleo de Merode