I like boring things.
The imagery of women at the turn of the century
During mid-19th century the middle class gained in economic power and businessmen sought ways to find credit. Due to not having yet fully established the bank of England and credit checks not being invented yet, Bram Dijkstra argues that ‘one’s worth was established by word of mouth’, and ‘evidence of the eye’. Middle class women [...]
Ophelia
These are strangely reminiscent of eacht other. I’ve been confusing them for a couple of years now. Alvin Langdon Coburn, Study Ms. R., 1904 (photogravure) Ernest Hébert, Ophelia, 1876 (oil painting)