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Now it's dark... ♏︎ ^◇^ ☠
ghosts & dreams ~ eros/thanatos ~ uncanny ~ noir ~ curios ~ decadence ~ liminal ~ criminality ~ beautiful-grotesque ~ poisons ~ anomaly ~ (super)nature ~ feline familiars ~ wyrd ~ dark deco ~ grand guignol /carnivalesque
ghosts & dreams ~ eros/thanatos ~ uncanny ~ noir ~ curios ~ decadence ~ liminal ~ criminality ~ beautiful-grotesque ~ poisons ~ anomaly ~ (super)nature ~ feline familiars ~ wyrd ~ dark deco ~ grand guignol /carnivalesque
On April 15th 1931 mob boss Joe Masseria was gunned down whilst playing cards in a New York restaurant. It is suspected that the ace of spades was placed in his hand after death.
~ photographer unidentified
~ photographer unidentified
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
On April 15th 1931 mob boss Joe Masseria was gunned down whilst playing cards in a New York restaurant. It is suspected that the ace of spades was placed in his hand after death.
~ photographer unidentified
~ photographer unidentified
Reposted by 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚔 ~ 𝔡𝔞𝔰 𝔲𝔫𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔪𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔢 💀☕
Clever! Raven loves winning tic-tac-toe.
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Clever! Raven loves winning tic-tac-toe.
Reposted by 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚔 ~ 𝔡𝔞𝔰 𝔲𝔫𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔪𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔢 💀☕
Leonard Freed, Naples, Italy, 1958
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Leonard Freed, Naples, Italy, 1958
Kay Johnson - Madam Satan
~ Clarence Sinclair Bull (1930)
~ Clarence Sinclair Bull (1930)
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Kay Johnson - Madam Satan
~ Clarence Sinclair Bull (1930)
~ Clarence Sinclair Bull (1930)
Mademoiselle Gabrielle (1884 - ?) "The Living Half-lady," was born without legs in Basle, Switzerland. She first performed at the Paris Exposition in 1900 and moved moved to America in 1914 and worked for Ringling Brothers and performed at Coney Island. She retired wealthy and was married 3 times.
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Mademoiselle Gabrielle (1884 - ?) "The Living Half-lady," was born without legs in Basle, Switzerland. She first performed at the Paris Exposition in 1900 and moved moved to America in 1914 and worked for Ringling Brothers and performed at Coney Island. She retired wealthy and was married 3 times.
Possible inclusions for my possible poison book
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Possible inclusions for my possible poison book
I had a really intense dream last night. Aside from the bizarre dream trimmings it had a Weimar Republic end-days, Balcan War feel with former friends and neighbours turning on each other over ideology and I awoke thinking about doing what you think is right or ... 1/2
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I had a really intense dream last night. Aside from the bizarre dream trimmings it had a Weimar Republic end-days, Balcan War feel with former friends and neighbours turning on each other over ideology and I awoke thinking about doing what you think is right or ... 1/2
Reposted by 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚔 ~ 𝔡𝔞𝔰 𝔲𝔫𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔪𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔢 💀☕
Sketches in Bedlam (1823) — a book gathering together glimpses into the personalities and stories of more than 140 mental patients confined to the Bethlem Hospital in the early part of the 19th century: http://buff.ly/1olkDH0
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sketches in Bedlam (1823) — a book gathering together glimpses into the personalities and stories of more than 140 mental patients confined to the Bethlem Hospital in the early part of the 19th century: http://buff.ly/1olkDH0
I keep thinking now I would like to be in a dark jazz/ sleaze-lounge/ downtempo/Lynchian band called Boudoir Dolls that has early Josef Fenneker/Bellocq- Storyville/Brassai etc art/photography on the record sleeves but alas I cannot play any musical instruments or sing in tune ... But anyway ...
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I keep thinking now I would like to be in a dark jazz/ sleaze-lounge/ downtempo/Lynchian band called Boudoir Dolls that has early Josef Fenneker/Bellocq- Storyville/Brassai etc art/photography on the record sleeves but alas I cannot play any musical instruments or sing in tune ... But anyway ...
I bet Joe Exotic is sat in his cell wishing he trafficked tonnes of cocaine or young girls 🙄
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I bet Joe Exotic is sat in his cell wishing he trafficked tonnes of cocaine or young girls 🙄
The Massachusetts State Prison Cat ~ Leslie Jones (circa 1917)
This cat (whose name unfortunately I don't know) reputedly foiled the escape attempt of the inmate, killer & torturer Jesse Pomeroy in 1913. The cat spotted Pomeroy in the prison corridor and began to mew, alerting a guard.
#Caturday
This cat (whose name unfortunately I don't know) reputedly foiled the escape attempt of the inmate, killer & torturer Jesse Pomeroy in 1913. The cat spotted Pomeroy in the prison corridor and began to mew, alerting a guard.
#Caturday
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The Massachusetts State Prison Cat ~ Leslie Jones (circa 1917)
This cat (whose name unfortunately I don't know) reputedly foiled the escape attempt of the inmate, killer & torturer Jesse Pomeroy in 1913. The cat spotted Pomeroy in the prison corridor and began to mew, alerting a guard.
#Caturday
This cat (whose name unfortunately I don't know) reputedly foiled the escape attempt of the inmate, killer & torturer Jesse Pomeroy in 1913. The cat spotted Pomeroy in the prison corridor and began to mew, alerting a guard.
#Caturday
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Reposted by 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚔 ~ 𝔡𝔞𝔰 𝔲𝔫𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔪𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔢 💀☕
William Blake ~ Epitome of James Hervey’s 'Meditations among the Tombs' (c.1820–5)
#WilliamBlake #BOTD
#WilliamBlake #BOTD
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
William Blake ~ Epitome of James Hervey’s 'Meditations among the Tombs' (c.1820–5)
#WilliamBlake #BOTD
#WilliamBlake #BOTD
Tribute to Fuseli in James Whale's Frankenstein (1931).
Fuseli was a lover of the writer Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of Mary Shelley the author of Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
Fuseli was a lover of the writer Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of Mary Shelley the author of Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Tribute to Fuseli in James Whale's Frankenstein (1931).
Fuseli was a lover of the writer Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of Mary Shelley the author of Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
Fuseli was a lover of the writer Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of Mary Shelley the author of Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
The Wind (1928)
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The Wind (1928)
Boudoir Smoker Dolls
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Boudoir Smoker Dolls
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June 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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North American herpetology: Philadelphia, J. Dobson;1842. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4069544) #nature #illustration #art
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
North American herpetology: Philadelphia, J. Dobson;1842. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4069544) #nature #illustration #art
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Beetles from ‘Collection de fleurs, d’oiseaux d’insectes.’ Drawn and colored, some from nature, others from the colored plates of Buffon, Roezel, and Catesby by various students of the Royal School of Sorèze. Manuscript, 1783-1789.
Harvard’s Houghton Library.
#naturalhistory #sciart #beetleart
Harvard’s Houghton Library.
#naturalhistory #sciart #beetleart
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Beetles from ‘Collection de fleurs, d’oiseaux d’insectes.’ Drawn and colored, some from nature, others from the colored plates of Buffon, Roezel, and Catesby by various students of the Royal School of Sorèze. Manuscript, 1783-1789.
Harvard’s Houghton Library.
#naturalhistory #sciart #beetleart
Harvard’s Houghton Library.
#naturalhistory #sciart #beetleart
Reposted by 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚔 ~ 𝔡𝔞𝔰 𝔲𝔫𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔪𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔢 💀☕
Andrew Wyeth 1917-2009
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Andrew Wyeth 1917-2009