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gorgeous stairs in an abandoned farmhouse

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Edward John Poynter, Chloé (1893) — detail

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so the childhood yearning to live in a fantasy world just never goes away huh

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Boreas (1903) by John William Waterhouse

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Maria Magdalena by Guido Cagnacci (1601 – 1663) | Germanic warrior with helmet by Osmar Schindler (1867 – 1927)

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Emma Sandys (Detail) Fiammetta/Emma/A Saxon Princess/Elaine/Study of a Head/Rosabelle/Viola/Portrait Study of a Lady in a Yellow Dress (Possibly a Self Portrait)/Mary Emma Jones

Emma Sandys was born in Norwich 1841, where her father, Anthony Sands, gave her some early art lessons. She was influenced by her brother Frederick Sandys, one of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and his friend Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Her works were mainly portraits in both oil and chalk of children and of young women, often in period clothing, against backgrounds of brightly coloured flowers. She died in Norwich in November 1877.

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H. C. Selous illustration for William Shakespeare ‘The Tempest’. On a bat’s back 🦇 (1864-68)

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Unknown Artist - Bridal Couple. Detail. 1470

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Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Portrait of a Woman detail, ca. 1787

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not enough secret gardens and hidden passageways and bookshelves that open to a mysterious library these days. get working on that girls.

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nah cause the fact that jane austen wrote a character like emma woodhouse is still insane to me. she threw all the standards out the window and was like hey, here’s this incredibly complex and nuanced character, she’s selfish, privileged, manipulative and arrogant, but she’s also really fucking kind, she would do anything for those she loves (including sacrificing a lot of her liberties), she is able to admit that she’s made a mistake and grow from it, because those things are not mutually exclusive. and i think the reason why everyone is trying to girlbossify their heroines to make them like lizzie bennet (which is an insult to her character but that’s another story) is because they’re scared to write characters like emma. which is understandable, because she’s unlikeable-ish, and they don’t want to take that risk.

honestly the way jane wrote emma is IMPECCABLE and not everyone can pull it off, but i wish female characters with actual flaws were more popular.

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embroidered and beaded dress borders, french c. 1800s.

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Nice, France 1870/1900

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The Forest Meadow 1876 by Hans Thoma

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The old Stone cottage Stourhead Gardens

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Bruges, Belgium 1905