Cinquevalli in sepia
looks at me from an old postcard: bundle of enigmas.
Half faun, half military man…
—Edwin Morgan, “Cinquevalli”
published in COLLECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 1990)
Paul Cinquevalli (1859–1918) died #OTD, 14 July
https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857541885/collected-poems/
#Scottish #literature #EdwinMorgan #poem #poetry #19thcentury #Victorian #Edwardian #circus #juggling #Cinquevalli
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Oscardian Midsummer dream 1905: the locals had no idea the year was 1905, and thought we came from a sect, swimming with our clothes on 🙄🇸🇪🇳🇴
#HistoricalFashion #historicalcostuming #edwardian
Oscardian Midsummer dream: like a painting of P.S. Krøyer. (Except for the caravan in the background)
#HistoricalFashion #summer #historicalcostuming #edwardian
General view, Weston-super-Mare, England between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900.
#Weston #England #Edwardian #photography #historicalPhotos #photochromhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002708214/
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Edwardian Christmas card #advent calendar day 5… sorry about the late start, life and health has got in the way. This delightful donkey one folds out..
I bought a job lot of Edwardian Christmas cards earlier in the year and wanted to share them #Edwardian
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