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INFJ⚜️🇦🇺⚜️ Born in the 1900s⚜️Historical Reenactor/EGA/Cosplayer⚜️501st⚜️ Vampire Apologist⚜️Eternal Postgrad Student Specialising in 18th-19th Century History, Historical Fashion/Textiles and Museums

A curse upon you! With the wings of a bat! With the blood of a serpent! I shall curse you! Curse you!

ВИЙ (VIY) 1967 | dirs. Konstantin Ershov & Gueorgui Kropatchev

Featured Plates: 1798-11 LMM

The pair of plates for the fourth issue of the Lady's Monthly Museum. Descriptions from page 397 of the magazine:

Plate I. — Represents a Lady in the most fashionable Military Dress presenting Colours.

Plate II. — Full Dress — Large Figure — THE FIG LEAF. The gown, wrapping over one side, cut in an angle, drawn up a little with white cord and tassels, so as to be equal with the opening on the other, and forming a point directly in front. — Head-dress-Bandeaus of Muslin crossing each other.

Small Figure — SPANISH ROBE — Fastened by a White Rose on one shoulder, and crossing both before and behind to the opposite side of the waist, there fastened with a cord and tassels, the opening being on the side; a broad puffing round the bosom, and passing under the robe, with sleeves to correspond. — Head-dress — Black Velvet, with Silver Bandeaus crossing, and Ostrich Feather.

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(each "s" in the description above originally was represented by the character "ſ", the long s. I've switched them out for easy reading)

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