Sonnet du Trou du Cul: Sonnet of the Asshole
thefindesiecle: Selection from “Sonnet du Trou de Cul” (Sonnet of the Asshole), 1872. Translated and adapted by Arthur “Slim” Volume. Translators Note: This is the only poem known to have been composed...
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thefindesiecle: Breasts - Diddeys, bubbies (a bushel bubby is a full-breasted woman), chicken-breasted (flat-chested), one’s dairy, cupid’s kettle drums Testicles - Whirlygigs, ballocks, bawbles,...
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turnofthecentury: billyjane:Stockings fashion, 1880-1910
turnofthecentury: billyjane:Stockings fashion, 1880-1910
View Article5 Essential Resources on Fin de Siecle Sexuality
thefindesiecle: Want to learn more about sexuality at the turn of the 19th century? Here is a brief list of insightful texts/resources you might find helpful: The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism,...
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thefindesiecle: The Haunted Lamp: Hell’s Cafe Paris 1890’s. I...
thefindesiecle: The Haunted Lamp: Hell’s Cafe Paris 1890’s. I do not know where this image originally came from, but it depicts a place called “Hell’s Cafe” in Paris in the late 1800’s. *Let’s meet...
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turnofthecentury: In 1898, the Parisian art gallery owner...
turnofthecentury: In 1898, the Parisian art gallery owner Maurice Joyant photographed his childhood friend defecating on the beach at Le Crotoy, Picadie. The series of photos would have been forgotten,...
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thefindesiecle: (1893) Japonism — the borrowing of Japanese...
thefindesiecle: (1893) Japonism — the borrowing of Japanese motifs, principles, and techniques by Western artists — was prominent in Worth’s textile patterns of the 1880s and 1890s. Here individual...
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thefindesiecle: Montmartre Square, Paris, 1895. [via...
thefindesiecle: Montmartre Square, Paris, 1895. [via bygoneyears]
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thefindesiecle: Cabaret du Néant, Montmartre (1900). [via...
thefindesiecle: Cabaret du Néant, Montmartre (1900). [via erinaa]
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thefindesiecle: 1890s “Regard” Enamel Perfume Vial Charm. [via:...
thefindesiecle: 1890s “Regard” Enamel Perfume Vial Charm. [via: eriebasin]
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thefindesiecle: Stockings, 1900–1910. [via...
thefindesiecle: Stockings, 1900–1910. [via pearlpearlintimates]
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The Princess of Broglie - James Tissot - circa 1895-...
The Princess of Broglie - James Tissot - circa 1895- pastel. [via emily-whaaa]
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Frank W. Benson - Portrait of a Lady - 1901 - Oil on...
Frank W. Benson - Portrait of a Lady - 1901 - Oil on canvas. [via emily-whaaa]
View ArticleOscar's Actual Last Words
oscarwildeassembly: I often see Oscar’s last words written as Either the wallpaper goes, or I do. The actual quote is: My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to...
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tuesday-johnson: ca. 1880, [gentleman and taxidermied...
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1880, [gentleman and taxidermied tiger] via Photo Verdeau
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travelthisworld: Moulin Rouge at Pigalle District, Montmartre,...
travelthisworld: Moulin Rouge at Pigalle District, Montmartre, Paris by Celine Enriquez submitted by: http://aimlessconversations.tumblr.com, thanks!
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turnofthecentury: This is part of a collection of family photos...
turnofthecentury: This is part of a collection of family photos that we found in my grandmother’s basement. Check out that 1800’s style wheelchair! Look at the chains! Yikes! this one and next few...
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thedoppelganger: Vanderbilt 1883, doll-house replica of 660,...
thedoppelganger: Vanderbilt 1883, doll-house replica of 660, 5th Avenue, New York, Paul Cumbie, 1883
View Article"A Victorian detective was a secular substitute for a prophet or a priest. In...
“A Victorian detective was a secular substitute for a prophet or a priest. In a newly uncertain world, he offered science, conviction, stories that could organise chaos. He turned brutal crimes — the...
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