Jacques-Laurent Agasse :: The Playground, 1830

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July

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#1830s #children #tree #swing #yellow #dress #river #summer #painting #history #victorian #daily life

turnofthecentury:

liquidnight: Gustave Le Gray, Old Oak Tree, Fontainbleau, circa 1855-1857

From Gustave Le Gray: 1820-1884

Amazing photograph. I love this so…

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July

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This photo was reblogged from turnofthecentury and originally by liquidnight.

#1850s #photograph #france #gustave le gray #oak #tree #woman #forest #dryad #history #victorian

oldbookillustrations:

Frederiksborg Palace

A. Mayer, from Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe (Travels to Scandinavia, Lapland, Spitsbergen and the Faroe Islands), under the direction of Paul Gaimard, volume of plates, Paris, 1852.

(Source: archive.org)

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April

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This photo was reblogged from oldbookillustrations and originally by oldbookillustrations.

#scandinavia #palace #1850s #book #ephemera #island #tree #boat

Lake Vyrnwy Dam, Mid Wales (whatsthatpicture)

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March

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#unknown #wales #dam #tree #water #history #edwardian #victorian #photograph

Weiblicher Akt, Dr. Felix Muhr, 1907

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October

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#1900s #photography #woman #light #nude #nature #tree #hair #edwardian #austria

View across the lake, Fontainebleau, France, 1920s

06

October

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#1920s #france #fontainebleau #lake #castle #tree #estate #europe #history #photo

Woodcut from the Nuremburg Chronicle, 1493

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September

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#1400s #medieval #nuremburg #strasbourg #cathedral #germany #france #book #woodcut #city #tree #church #illustration #history

Kindergruppe, 1894

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September

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#1890s #children #girl #boy #blonde #picnic #tree #park #happiness #vintage #history