Tag Archives: 1890’s

1897: C.3.3.

Posted on December 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

When Oscar Wilde’s poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol was published in February, 1898, the author’s name appeared only as “C.3.3.,” which had been the number of Wilde’s tiny room in the prison: block C, landing 3, cell 3. It … Continue reading →

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1896: Forest Stream

Posted on November 24, 2018 by corvusfugit

Peder Mørk Mønsted: Forest Stream (1896)

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1890: Seagulls

Posted on June 26, 2018 by corvusfugit

Max Jensen: Seagulls over the Waves; I made up the date.

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1890: The Sheepfold

Posted on May 7, 2018 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: The Sheepfold, Easton’s Point, Newport (1890)

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1898: The Moon

Posted on April 28, 2018 by corvusfugit

This model of the moon—made of 116 sections of plaster on a framework of wood and metal—was prepared by Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt for the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago; the museum was located on the grounds of the World’s … Continue reading →

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1897: Jersey Shore

Posted on April 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: On the New Jersey Shore (1897)

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2006: A Little White Shadow

Posted on April 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

Pages from Mary Ruefle’s book A Little White Shadow, which was composed by whiting out text from Emily Malbone Morgan‘s 1890 book of the same name. …seven centuries of…sobbing…gathered…in the…twilight…and…had their…pages…wandered…through the…dead…borrow so little from…the past…as if they were alive