1810s Elisabeth Kurakina by Alexander Varnek (location ?). From tumblr.com/fashionsfromthepast; fixed veiling reflection and spots w Pshop 924X1183 @72 334kj.
1810 Madame Merlin with a yellow shawl by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (location ?). From tumblr.com/toanunnery 994X1198.
1811 La Maréchale Soult, Duchesse de Dalmatie avec ses deux enfants, Napoléon Hector et Joséphine Louise (location ?). From pinterest.com/KatieZag/austen-regency/art-reference-for-regency-fashion/; fixed scracks & spots w Pshop 1080X2003 @72 300.
1816 Mrs. Mary Fisher by John Constable (Fitzwilliam Museum). From tumblr.com/fashion-inspiration-s/702940654593064960/books0977-mrs-mary-fisher-1816-john; fixed bigger spots & cracks w Pshop & fit to screen 1192X1400 @72 515kj.
barb and jim move into an old, creepy mansion only to find out it’s super haunted. they try to leave, but are forced back when a couple of ghosts follow them and demand they return to the house
strickler is the ‘priest’ they call to exorcise the ghosts. doesn’t work. douxie is the astrophysicist turned tour guide with a tragic backstory and special lens that can photograph ghosts. does work. claire is the psychic medium with a surprisingly good yelp score for someone so young. works really, really well. and nancy domzalski is the old historian with a heart condition (toby’s there too, because he goes wherever his nana does)
together they unravel the mystery of the mansion, defeat the hatbox ghost, and become a family
Mad Madam Mim was born Lady Miriam of Mousehole, a free spirited young woman who was tutored in the ways of witchcraft by her nannies, a trio of ladies from the land of Morva who absolutely falsified their good references to get the position, and may have been planning to eat baby Mim before she showed an early talent for magic and they decided to train her instead
Mim's great aptitude and appreciation for magic was countered by her having absolutely no inclination towards behaving as a proper lady should, she was always getting into mischief and dirt and declared she would rather be the one turning princes into frogs then kissing them
Despite this declaration she did end up eventually marrying King Bagdemagus, of the land of Gorre, who she was incredibly disappointed to find out was a quite polite and disgustingly normal man, and not an evil wizard as the name of his kingdom seemed to suggest
He was however very willing to let his mad wife run wild as long as she turned anyone important back from frogs at the end of the day which Mim appreciated, and together they had several daughters and a son, Maleagant, who with the witch Hellewise are the parents of Matilda "Mad Maddy"
Eventually Mim got bored of being Queen and giving her husband a peck on the head (she was a bird at the time) she flew the coop and settled down in the Forest Savage where she could be her prefered horrid hideous hag-like self
It was while living there she met Merlin and promptly decided her new favorite pastime was driving the fussy wizard to distraction, and they've been battling each other ever since