Emory 🩶
@emory-f8.bsky.social
I write dark Victorian fiction and specialize in the long 19th century.
She/Her 🏳️🌈🇪🇸✡️ (I'm always kind)
My ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLF4NKGB
#writer #historian #Lesbian #Hispanic #feminist #goth #horror
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She/Her 🏳️🌈🇪🇸✡️ (I'm always kind)
My ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLF4NKGB
#writer #historian #Lesbian #Hispanic #feminist #goth #horror
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Did you know?
In the Victorian era, many pubs added a Ladies’ Entrance to protect a woman’s reputation as much as her modesty.
Respectable women could not enter through the main door; that entrance belonged to cigar smoke, and gambling men.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, many pubs added a Ladies’ Entrance to protect a woman’s reputation as much as her modesty.
Respectable women could not enter through the main door; that entrance belonged to cigar smoke, and gambling men.
#Victorian #history
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, many pubs added a Ladies’ Entrance to protect a woman’s reputation as much as her modesty.
Respectable women could not enter through the main door; that entrance belonged to cigar smoke, and gambling men.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, many pubs added a Ladies’ Entrance to protect a woman’s reputation as much as her modesty.
Respectable women could not enter through the main door; that entrance belonged to cigar smoke, and gambling men.
#Victorian #history
It's believed that he used Dorothy Dene as the model for Flaming June's face.
Pretty 🥹
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
Pretty 🥹
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's believed that he used Dorothy Dene as the model for Flaming June's face.
Pretty 🥹
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
Pretty 🥹
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
Sir Frederic Leighton was inspired by Michelangelo’s Night, which rests above the grave of Giuliano de Medici in Florence, Italy.
#Victorian #art #paintings #Michelangelo #Italy #history
#Victorian #art #paintings #Michelangelo #Italy #history
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Sir Frederic Leighton was inspired by Michelangelo’s Night, which rests above the grave of Giuliano de Medici in Florence, Italy.
#Victorian #art #paintings #Michelangelo #Italy #history
#Victorian #art #paintings #Michelangelo #Italy #history
This is Flaming June by Frederic Leighton (1895).
Are you as obsessed as I am with the color of her gown? I love how it seems to merge with her hair.
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
Are you as obsessed as I am with the color of her gown? I love how it seems to merge with her hair.
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is Flaming June by Frederic Leighton (1895).
Are you as obsessed as I am with the color of her gown? I love how it seems to merge with her hair.
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
Are you as obsessed as I am with the color of her gown? I love how it seems to merge with her hair.
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
Additional Facts:
Young James, desperate to comfort her, began imitating David: wearing his clothes, copying his walk, even whistling the way David had.
Sometimes she responded as if her dead son had stepped back into the room.
#Victorian #mourning #macabre #history
Young James, desperate to comfort her, began imitating David: wearing his clothes, copying his walk, even whistling the way David had.
Sometimes she responded as if her dead son had stepped back into the room.
#Victorian #mourning #macabre #history
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Additional Facts:
Young James, desperate to comfort her, began imitating David: wearing his clothes, copying his walk, even whistling the way David had.
Sometimes she responded as if her dead son had stepped back into the room.
#Victorian #mourning #macabre #history
Young James, desperate to comfort her, began imitating David: wearing his clothes, copying his walk, even whistling the way David had.
Sometimes she responded as if her dead son had stepped back into the room.
#Victorian #mourning #macabre #history
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, when Sir J. M. Barrie was six years old, his older brother David died in an accident.
Barrie’s mother, broken by the loss of her favourite child, shut herself in a darkened room, clinging to the idea that David would never grow up.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, when Sir J. M. Barrie was six years old, his older brother David died in an accident.
Barrie’s mother, broken by the loss of her favourite child, shut herself in a darkened room, clinging to the idea that David would never grow up.
#Victorian #history
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, when Sir J. M. Barrie was six years old, his older brother David died in an accident.
Barrie’s mother, broken by the loss of her favourite child, shut herself in a darkened room, clinging to the idea that David would never grow up.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, when Sir J. M. Barrie was six years old, his older brother David died in an accident.
Barrie’s mother, broken by the loss of her favourite child, shut herself in a darkened room, clinging to the idea that David would never grow up.
#Victorian #history
This is A Dear Visitor by Max Kurzweil (1894).
It depicts a dying soldier, in his final moments, saying goodbye to his best friend.
This is such an emotionally charged painting. 😢
How does it make you feel?
#Victorian #horses #art #paintings #history
It depicts a dying soldier, in his final moments, saying goodbye to his best friend.
This is such an emotionally charged painting. 😢
How does it make you feel?
#Victorian #horses #art #paintings #history
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is A Dear Visitor by Max Kurzweil (1894).
It depicts a dying soldier, in his final moments, saying goodbye to his best friend.
This is such an emotionally charged painting. 😢
How does it make you feel?
#Victorian #horses #art #paintings #history
It depicts a dying soldier, in his final moments, saying goodbye to his best friend.
This is such an emotionally charged painting. 😢
How does it make you feel?
#Victorian #horses #art #paintings #history
Additional Facts:
Once in Crimea, she built the British Hotel, a ramshackle but beloved combination of clinic, kitchen, and supply depot.
From there she rode out onto battlefields under fire, carrying bandages, medicines, and food to wounded men.
#Victorian #war #blackhistory #history #nursing
Once in Crimea, she built the British Hotel, a ramshackle but beloved combination of clinic, kitchen, and supply depot.
From there she rode out onto battlefields under fire, carrying bandages, medicines, and food to wounded men.
#Victorian #war #blackhistory #history #nursing
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Additional Facts:
Once in Crimea, she built the British Hotel, a ramshackle but beloved combination of clinic, kitchen, and supply depot.
From there she rode out onto battlefields under fire, carrying bandages, medicines, and food to wounded men.
#Victorian #war #blackhistory #history #nursing
Once in Crimea, she built the British Hotel, a ramshackle but beloved combination of clinic, kitchen, and supply depot.
From there she rode out onto battlefields under fire, carrying bandages, medicines, and food to wounded men.
#Victorian #war #blackhistory #history #nursing
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, Mary Seacole, a Jamaican-born nurse, was not part of Florence Nightingale’s official team at all.
After being rejected multiple times—almost certainly because of racial prejudice—she paid her own way to the Crimean War front.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, Mary Seacole, a Jamaican-born nurse, was not part of Florence Nightingale’s official team at all.
After being rejected multiple times—almost certainly because of racial prejudice—she paid her own way to the Crimean War front.
#Victorian #history
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, Mary Seacole, a Jamaican-born nurse, was not part of Florence Nightingale’s official team at all.
After being rejected multiple times—almost certainly because of racial prejudice—she paid her own way to the Crimean War front.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, Mary Seacole, a Jamaican-born nurse, was not part of Florence Nightingale’s official team at all.
After being rejected multiple times—almost certainly because of racial prejudice—she paid her own way to the Crimean War front.
#Victorian #history
Additional Facts:
Attendants often just shook them out or draped them over a rail to dry before passing them to the next person.
These “shared” towels became notorious for spreading ringworm, impetigo, scabies, and other skin infections among working-class bathers.
#Victorian #hygiene #history
Attendants often just shook them out or draped them over a rail to dry before passing them to the next person.
These “shared” towels became notorious for spreading ringworm, impetigo, scabies, and other skin infections among working-class bathers.
#Victorian #hygiene #history
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Additional Facts:
Attendants often just shook them out or draped them over a rail to dry before passing them to the next person.
These “shared” towels became notorious for spreading ringworm, impetigo, scabies, and other skin infections among working-class bathers.
#Victorian #hygiene #history
Attendants often just shook them out or draped them over a rail to dry before passing them to the next person.
These “shared” towels became notorious for spreading ringworm, impetigo, scabies, and other skin infections among working-class bathers.
#Victorian #hygiene #history
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, some public baths rented out communal towels...and they were anything but clean.
Sanitary inspectors reported that these towels were reused again and again without washing, sometimes handed to dozens of bathers in a single day.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, some public baths rented out communal towels...and they were anything but clean.
Sanitary inspectors reported that these towels were reused again and again without washing, sometimes handed to dozens of bathers in a single day.
#Victorian #history
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, some public baths rented out communal towels...and they were anything but clean.
Sanitary inspectors reported that these towels were reused again and again without washing, sometimes handed to dozens of bathers in a single day.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, some public baths rented out communal towels...and they were anything but clean.
Sanitary inspectors reported that these towels were reused again and again without washing, sometimes handed to dozens of bathers in a single day.
#Victorian #history
Also:
Here's a four panel view of the same sculpture.
#Victorian #sculpture #sculptor #art #history #goth #gothic
Here's a four panel view of the same sculpture.
#Victorian #sculpture #sculptor #art #history #goth #gothic
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Also:
Here's a four panel view of the same sculpture.
#Victorian #sculpture #sculptor #art #history #goth #gothic
Here's a four panel view of the same sculpture.
#Victorian #sculpture #sculptor #art #history #goth #gothic
This is Tenax Vitae by Rinaldo Carnielo (1893).
It depicts a man being taken by Death.
I love the helpless terror on his face, while Death is completely unconcerned.
#Victorian #sculpture #sculptor #art #history #goth #gothic
It depicts a man being taken by Death.
I love the helpless terror on his face, while Death is completely unconcerned.
#Victorian #sculpture #sculptor #art #history #goth #gothic
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is Tenax Vitae by Rinaldo Carnielo (1893).
It depicts a man being taken by Death.
I love the helpless terror on his face, while Death is completely unconcerned.
#Victorian #sculpture #sculptor #art #history #goth #gothic
It depicts a man being taken by Death.
I love the helpless terror on his face, while Death is completely unconcerned.
#Victorian #sculpture #sculptor #art #history #goth #gothic
Additional Facts:
City streets reeked of horse manure, coal smoke, refuse, and open sewers and vinaigrettes helped cut through the stench.
They were also a quiet remedy for the era’s ever-present faintness.
#Victorian #miasma #etiquette #1800s #history
City streets reeked of horse manure, coal smoke, refuse, and open sewers and vinaigrettes helped cut through the stench.
They were also a quiet remedy for the era’s ever-present faintness.
#Victorian #miasma #etiquette #1800s #history
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Additional Facts:
City streets reeked of horse manure, coal smoke, refuse, and open sewers and vinaigrettes helped cut through the stench.
They were also a quiet remedy for the era’s ever-present faintness.
#Victorian #miasma #etiquette #1800s #history
City streets reeked of horse manure, coal smoke, refuse, and open sewers and vinaigrettes helped cut through the stench.
They were also a quiet remedy for the era’s ever-present faintness.
#Victorian #miasma #etiquette #1800s #history
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, many women carried tiny silver vinaigrettes wherever they went.
These delicate boxes—often tucked inside a reticule (hand bag)—contained a sponge soaked in scented ammonia or aromatic vinegar.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, many women carried tiny silver vinaigrettes wherever they went.
These delicate boxes—often tucked inside a reticule (hand bag)—contained a sponge soaked in scented ammonia or aromatic vinegar.
#Victorian #history
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, many women carried tiny silver vinaigrettes wherever they went.
These delicate boxes—often tucked inside a reticule (hand bag)—contained a sponge soaked in scented ammonia or aromatic vinegar.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, many women carried tiny silver vinaigrettes wherever they went.
These delicate boxes—often tucked inside a reticule (hand bag)—contained a sponge soaked in scented ammonia or aromatic vinegar.
#Victorian #history
Additional Facts:
As the bird was pulled downward, its feathers scraped the chimney walls clean.
The method was considered practical on farms where geese were plentiful, though it was harsh on the animal and increasingly criticized by mid-century humane societies.
#Victorian #aspca #history
As the bird was pulled downward, its feathers scraped the chimney walls clean.
The method was considered practical on farms where geese were plentiful, though it was harsh on the animal and increasingly criticized by mid-century humane societies.
#Victorian #aspca #history
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Additional Facts:
As the bird was pulled downward, its feathers scraped the chimney walls clean.
The method was considered practical on farms where geese were plentiful, though it was harsh on the animal and increasingly criticized by mid-century humane societies.
#Victorian #aspca #history
As the bird was pulled downward, its feathers scraped the chimney walls clean.
The method was considered practical on farms where geese were plentiful, though it was harsh on the animal and increasingly criticized by mid-century humane societies.
#Victorian #aspca #history
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, some rural chimney sweeps used a live goose to clean wide flues in country houses.
Old estate chimneys were too broad for a child, so the sweep would tie a rope loosely around a goose and draw it through the sooty shaft.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, some rural chimney sweeps used a live goose to clean wide flues in country houses.
Old estate chimneys were too broad for a child, so the sweep would tie a rope loosely around a goose and draw it through the sooty shaft.
#Victorian #history
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, some rural chimney sweeps used a live goose to clean wide flues in country houses.
Old estate chimneys were too broad for a child, so the sweep would tie a rope loosely around a goose and draw it through the sooty shaft.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, some rural chimney sweeps used a live goose to clean wide flues in country houses.
Old estate chimneys were too broad for a child, so the sweep would tie a rope loosely around a goose and draw it through the sooty shaft.
#Victorian #history
Additional Facts:
Though she insisted she was innocent, Surratt was tried before a military tribunal rather than a civilian court, denied the right to testify, and convicted largely on the word of a witness who was facing charges of his own.
#Victorian #CivilWar #1800s #history
Though she insisted she was innocent, Surratt was tried before a military tribunal rather than a civilian court, denied the right to testify, and convicted largely on the word of a witness who was facing charges of his own.
#Victorian #CivilWar #1800s #history
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Additional Facts:
Though she insisted she was innocent, Surratt was tried before a military tribunal rather than a civilian court, denied the right to testify, and convicted largely on the word of a witness who was facing charges of his own.
#Victorian #CivilWar #1800s #history
Though she insisted she was innocent, Surratt was tried before a military tribunal rather than a civilian court, denied the right to testify, and convicted largely on the word of a witness who was facing charges of his own.
#Victorian #CivilWar #1800s #history
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, Mary Surratt became the first woman executed by the United States federal government.
A widow who ran a boarding house, Surratt found herself entangled in John Wilkes Booth’s conspiracy when the plotters used her home as a meeting place.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, Mary Surratt became the first woman executed by the United States federal government.
A widow who ran a boarding house, Surratt found herself entangled in John Wilkes Booth’s conspiracy when the plotters used her home as a meeting place.
#Victorian #history
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, Mary Surratt became the first woman executed by the United States federal government.
A widow who ran a boarding house, Surratt found herself entangled in John Wilkes Booth’s conspiracy when the plotters used her home as a meeting place.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, Mary Surratt became the first woman executed by the United States federal government.
A widow who ran a boarding house, Surratt found herself entangled in John Wilkes Booth’s conspiracy when the plotters used her home as a meeting place.
#Victorian #history
This is Vengeance is Sworn by Francesco Hayez (1851).
It depicts a woman being told her lover has been unfaithful. Her friend is encouraging her to seek revenge by publicly denouncing him.
This painting is so intense!
Study it...what do you notice?
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
It depicts a woman being told her lover has been unfaithful. Her friend is encouraging her to seek revenge by publicly denouncing him.
This painting is so intense!
Study it...what do you notice?
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is Vengeance is Sworn by Francesco Hayez (1851).
It depicts a woman being told her lover has been unfaithful. Her friend is encouraging her to seek revenge by publicly denouncing him.
This painting is so intense!
Study it...what do you notice?
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
It depicts a woman being told her lover has been unfaithful. Her friend is encouraging her to seek revenge by publicly denouncing him.
This painting is so intense!
Study it...what do you notice?
#Victorian #art #paintings #history
Additional Facts:
Their wages were only a few pennies a day, yet farmers blamed them for every pecked seed or stolen grain.
Many stood alone for hours in sun, rain, or bitter wind, earning their bread by making themselves look as alarming as possible.
#Victorian #childlabor #history #scarecrow
Their wages were only a few pennies a day, yet farmers blamed them for every pecked seed or stolen grain.
Many stood alone for hours in sun, rain, or bitter wind, earning their bread by making themselves look as alarming as possible.
#Victorian #childlabor #history #scarecrow
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Additional Facts:
Their wages were only a few pennies a day, yet farmers blamed them for every pecked seed or stolen grain.
Many stood alone for hours in sun, rain, or bitter wind, earning their bread by making themselves look as alarming as possible.
#Victorian #childlabor #history #scarecrow
Their wages were only a few pennies a day, yet farmers blamed them for every pecked seed or stolen grain.
Many stood alone for hours in sun, rain, or bitter wind, earning their bread by making themselves look as alarming as possible.
#Victorian #childlabor #history #scarecrow
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, some of the youngest rural laborers were employed as “living scarecrows.”
Poor children were stationed in fields from dawn until dusk with the sole task of frightening birds away from wheat and barley.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, some of the youngest rural laborers were employed as “living scarecrows.”
Poor children were stationed in fields from dawn until dusk with the sole task of frightening birds away from wheat and barley.
#Victorian #history
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, some of the youngest rural laborers were employed as “living scarecrows.”
Poor children were stationed in fields from dawn until dusk with the sole task of frightening birds away from wheat and barley.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, some of the youngest rural laborers were employed as “living scarecrows.”
Poor children were stationed in fields from dawn until dusk with the sole task of frightening birds away from wheat and barley.
#Victorian #history
Additional Facts:
Gardening columns advised placing shallow dishes of water or lettuce near a sunny wall to encourage your “living ornament” to pause there.
Some households painted initials on their shells to keep track of them as they strolled.
#Victorian #tortoises #gardens #history
Gardening columns advised placing shallow dishes of water or lettuce near a sunny wall to encourage your “living ornament” to pause there.
Some households painted initials on their shells to keep track of them as they strolled.
#Victorian #tortoises #gardens #history
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Additional Facts:
Gardening columns advised placing shallow dishes of water or lettuce near a sunny wall to encourage your “living ornament” to pause there.
Some households painted initials on their shells to keep track of them as they strolled.
#Victorian #tortoises #gardens #history
Gardening columns advised placing shallow dishes of water or lettuce near a sunny wall to encourage your “living ornament” to pause there.
Some households painted initials on their shells to keep track of them as they strolled.
#Victorian #tortoises #gardens #history