Henrietta Maria of France (25/11/1609 to 10/09/1669). Portrait by John Hoskins.
Reblogged from hideyourriches, 142 notes, April 30, 2012
My loves are books, pretty pictures, old tattered things, frilly dresses and good tea.
The things seen here are either my own from my own reading or collections or they have been re-blogged with the proper information attached.
The things seen here are either my own from my own reading or collections or they have been re-blogged with the proper information attached.
This is a detail from the 15th century Flemish set of tapestries depicting the senses, The Lady and the Unicorn. This one represents Taste.
The lady in question is most probably Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt (son of Edward III and so on…)
Reblogged from myaloysius, 513 notes, April 29, 2012
Charles-Emile-Auguste Durand dit Carolus Duran - Vision
Reblogged from the-moth-princess, 753 notes, April 28, 2012
Winslow Homer, Portrait of Helena de Kay (ca. 1872). Oil on panel. 31 x 47 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
Reblogged from my-ear-trumpet, 38 notes, April 26, 2012
To Hear the Sea-Maid’s Music
Arthur Rackham
Reblogged from anachronisticfairytales, 69 notes, April 25, 2012
Flora’s lexicon: an interpretation of the language and sentiment of flowers: with an outline of botany, and a poetical introduction
Author: Waterman, Catharine H. (Catharine Harbeson), b. 1812
Date: 1857
Place/Time: United States
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts: Phillips, Sampson, and Company
Reblogged from drtuesdaygjohnson, 1,915 notes, April 23, 2012
