the mighty jane

22. linguist in training, also coincidentally language nerd (but not by profession). ❒ single ❒ taken ✔ my cat. BLOG CONTAINS: really gratuitous amounts of late Victorian and Edwardian fashion, technology, and everyday stuff (tagged for your savioring pleasure!) | a crap ton of homestuck right now (also always tagged) | snakes | tea | disney | steampunk | language, linguistics, and words | rain, thunderstorms, oceans | Japanese language, culture, and food | superheroes (mostly 1960s marvel and cinematic marvel but also adam west batman) | mythology | cats | harry potter | bees

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  1. fripperiesandfobs: Dress, 1884 From the RISD Musuem

    fripperiesandfobs:

    Dress, 1884

    From the RISD Musuem

     
     
  2. treselegant: ‘A New Self-acting Invalid Carriage.’ Cassell’s Magazine, 1880.

    treselegant:

    ‘A New Self-acting Invalid Carriage.’

    Cassell’s Magazine, 1880.

     
     

  3. my-ear-trumpet:

    I hate when people post interesting images without any explanation of what we are looking at. After two minutes of googling I found that the Images are of the Meigs Elevated Railway taken from Scientific American (July 10, 1886)

    (Source: cloudcircus)

     
     
  4. treselegant: ‘A New Dinner-Dress.’ Fashion for May,  Cassell’s Magazine, 1879.

    treselegant:

    ‘A New Dinner-Dress.’

    Fashion for May, 

    Cassell’s Magazine, 1879.

     
     
  5. dandyads: The Fay Manufacturing Company, 1888

    dandyads:

    The Fay Manufacturing Company, 1888

     
     
  6. muchastyle: Figaro Illustre (1896).

    muchastyle:

    Figaro Illustre (1896).

     
     
  7. facesofthevictorianera: Princess Beatrice (mid 1880s)

    facesofthevictorianera:

    Princess Beatrice (mid 1880s)

     
     
  8. petitdictionnairelamode: Corset, c. 1880-1885. Courtesy of the Vienna Museum.

    petitdictionnairelamode:

    Corset, c. 1880-1885. Courtesy of the Vienna Museum.

     
     
  9. vintagechampagnefever: Victorian family portrait 

    vintagechampagnefever:

    Victorian family portrait 

     
     
  10. books0977: Young Girls at the Piano (La Leçon de piano) , ca. 1889. Pierre August Renoir (French, 1841–1919). Oil on canvas. Joslyn Art Museum. Young Girls at the Piano combines more exact drawing with the warm tones of Renoir’s earlier Impressionism. Here the glowing palette, the obvious affection of the two girls for one another, and their absorption in the music, as well as the comfortable surroundings, produce a reassuring image of domestic well-being. 

    books0977:

    Young Girls at the Piano (La Leçon de piano) , ca. 1889. Pierre August Renoir (French, 1841–1919). Oil on canvas. Joslyn Art Museum.

    Young Girls at the Piano combines more exact drawing with the warm tones of Renoir’s earlier Impressionism. Here the glowing palette, the obvious affection of the two girls for one another, and their absorption in the music, as well as the comfortable surroundings, produce a reassuring image of domestic well-being.