Tag Archives: 19th Century

1890: Surf on Rocks

Posted on November 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Surf on Rocks (c. 1890-1900)

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1923: Emancipation Machine

Posted on November 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

“I feel that I have done something for the women who have always had to work so hard. This will enable them more easily to earn a living.” Statement of Christopher Latham Sholes, inventor of the typewriter HOW WOMEN … Continue reading →

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1905: Geographische Liebes-Räthsel

Posted on November 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Geographische Liebes-Räthsel (1905); this map by an unknown artist uses the words from a Heinrich Heine poem as its locations: Wenn ich in deine Augen seh, So schwindet all mein Leid und Weh; Doch wenn ich küsse deinen Mund, So … Continue reading →

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1806: Darkness at Noon

Posted on November 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

Title page and figures from Darkness at Noon; or, The Great Solar Eclipse of the 18th of June, 1806; “by an inhabitant of Boston.” Darkness at the break of noon Shadows even the silver spoon The handmade blade, the child’s … Continue reading →

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1899: Rocky Surf

Posted on November 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Rocky Surf off Rhode Island (1899)

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1895: Twilight

Posted on November 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Thomas Alexander Harrison: Twilight on the Shore; I made up the date. Harrison was the inspiration for the character Elstir in Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past.

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1842: Behold the Beast with the Sharpened Tail!

Posted on November 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

In cantos XVI and XVII of the Inferno, Dante and his guide Virgil meet the monster Geryon, who alights on the edge of the abyss after Virgil has summoned him. In front, he has the face of an innocent man, … Continue reading →