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Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, by Sir Peter Lely, 1669

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'Umbrellas,' by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1880s

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#BookWormSat "To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others." Giovanni Boccaccio - The Decameron [once banned in Australia] 🎨John William Waterhouse

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'Out on the Meadow,' illustration by Jenny Eugenia Nystrom, 1904

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'Stars,' by Maxfield Parrish, 1926

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'In the green woods that surround me -ding dong… ding dang- the nacreous sea-green mermaids sway and sing.' ~Alfonsina Storni [trans: N Friedman] Illustration by Helen Jacobs For an undersea #WyrdWednesday

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People are oceans. You cannot know them by their surface. Beau Taplin, "Worlds of You" Photo by Edouard Boubat youtu.be/aqsL0QQaSP4?...

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'Souvenir of Castel Gandolfo,' by Jean-Baptiste Corot, 1850ish

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Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron was born on this day in 1815. Below is her 1867 portrait of her niece Julia Stephen, who was the mother of Virginia Woolf.

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Elizabeth Benson (the painter's daughter) by Frank Benson, 1913

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Capucine photographed in Paris by Georges Dambier, 1952

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Place du Theatre Francais, Foggy Weather, 1898 #danishart #camillepissarro

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Cinderella - from the Picture Book for the Red Cross https://www.wikiart.org/en/edmund-dulac/cinderella-from-the-picture-book-for-the-red-cross

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What if your favorite fairy tales looked as magical as they felt? Fairy Tales – a scarce 1922 edition illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant. mflibra.com/products/192... #BookWithASoul #MFLIBRA #OwnAPieceOfHistory #RareBooks #MargaretWTarrant #FairyTales #IllustratedBooks #CollectorTreasures

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'Boulter's Lock, Sunday Afternoon,' by Edward John Gregory, 1882-1887

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'Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan,' by Thomas Gainsborough, 1787

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Joan Crawford, "Hamlet", 1929. Foto de Ruth Harriet Louise.

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An Evening at the Pré-Catelan (1909) - Henri Gervex

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'Lady Agnew of Lochnaw,' by John Singer Sargent, 1892

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'A Girl Writing, or The Pet Goldfinch,' by Henriette Browne, 1870

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'Suzanne and another,' by Carl Larsson, 1901

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Happy Birthday to director Jacques Demy, BOTD in 1931.

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Many a forenoon have I stolen away … for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. Henry David Thoreau / Writings Helen McNicoll #BookChatWeekly

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Norma Shearer photographed by George Hurrell.

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Memories from Maroc (2024) by Sergiu Ciochină

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'Mrs. Cecil Wade, London,' by John Singer Sargent, 1886

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Capucine in Givenchy, 1954. Photo by Genevieve Naylor.

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'Jean Monet on his Hobby Horse,' by Claude Monet, 1872

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Christy Turlington by Patrick Demarchelier

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'The Gates of Fairyland,' illustration by Margaret Tarrant, 1922

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Jan van der Kooi

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Margie Cato photographed by Lillian Bassman, 1950

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Wild Life: This is such a wonderful short story. It made us laugh out loud, and more than once at that. David Partington has a gift for comedy! Do yourself a favour and read the full story in Issue 02, available to view and download for free on our website.

Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, by Sir Peter Lely, 1669

'Umbrellas,' by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1880s

#BookWormSat "To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others." Giovanni Boccaccio - The Decameron [once banned in Australia] 🎨John William Waterhouse

'Out on the Meadow,' illustration by Jenny Eugenia Nystrom, 1904

'Stars,' by Maxfield Parrish, 1926

'In the green woods that surround me -ding dong… ding dang- the nacreous sea-green mermaids sway and sing.' ~Alfonsina Storni [trans: N Friedman] Illustration by Helen Jacobs For an undersea #WyrdWednesday

People are oceans. You cannot know them by their surface. Beau Taplin, "Worlds of You" Photo by Edouard Boubat youtu.be/aqsL0QQaSP4?...

'Souvenir of Castel Gandolfo,' by Jean-Baptiste Corot, 1850ish

Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron was born on this day in 1815. Below is her 1867 portrait of her niece Julia Stephen, who was the mother of Virginia Woolf.

Elizabeth Benson (the painter's daughter) by Frank Benson, 1913

Capucine photographed in Paris by Georges Dambier, 1952

Place du Theatre Francais, Foggy Weather, 1898 #danishart #camillepissarro

Cinderella - from the Picture Book for the Red Cross https://www.wikiart.org/en/edmund-dulac/cinderella-from-the-picture-book-for-the-red-cross

What if your favorite fairy tales looked as magical as they felt? Fairy Tales – a scarce 1922 edition illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant. mflibra.com/products/192... #BookWithASoul #MFLIBRA #OwnAPieceOfHistory #RareBooks #MargaretWTarrant #FairyTales #IllustratedBooks #CollectorTreasures

'Boulter's Lock, Sunday Afternoon,' by Edward John Gregory, 1882-1887

'Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan,' by Thomas Gainsborough, 1787

Joan Crawford, "Hamlet", 1929. Foto de Ruth Harriet Louise.

An Evening at the Pré-Catelan (1909) - Henri Gervex

'Lady Agnew of Lochnaw,' by John Singer Sargent, 1892

'A Girl Writing, or The Pet Goldfinch,' by Henriette Browne, 1870

'Suzanne and another,' by Carl Larsson, 1901

Happy Birthday to director Jacques Demy, BOTD in 1931.

Many a forenoon have I stolen away … for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. Henry David Thoreau / Writings Helen McNicoll #BookChatWeekly

Norma Shearer photographed by George Hurrell.

Memories from Maroc (2024) by Sergiu Ciochină

'Mrs. Cecil Wade, London,' by John Singer Sargent, 1886

Capucine in Givenchy, 1954. Photo by Genevieve Naylor.

'Jean Monet on his Hobby Horse,' by Claude Monet, 1872

Christy Turlington by Patrick Demarchelier

'The Gates of Fairyland,' illustration by Margaret Tarrant, 1922

Jan van der Kooi

Margie Cato photographed by Lillian Bassman, 1950

Wild Life: This is such a wonderful short story. It made us laugh out loud, and more than once at that. David Partington has a gift for comedy! Do yourself a favour and read the full story in Issue 02, available to view and download for free on our website.

'London Zoo,' by Yoshi Markino, 1903

"TheSonata," by Childe Hassam, 1911

William-Adolphe Bouguereau : Chansons de printemps, 1889 oil on canvas

'Brita in the Drawing Room,' by Carl Larsson, 1910

Clive Arrowsmith ~ D'arcy Bussel, Ballerina -1991