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Ophelia – Antoon van Welie (1898-1899)

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The Ghost in Hamlet – Thomas Ridgeway Gould (1890)

#art #etching print #prints #illustrations #hamlet #ghost #william shakespeare #dark art #late 1800s #illustration #Thomas Ridgeway Gould

Madonna – Eduard Beyrer (1893)

Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London

Source: V&A Collections, Museum no. O1323111

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"Le Pater" by Alphonse Mucha (1899)

"Our Father Who Art in Heaven"
"Hallowed be thy name"
"Thy kingdom come, thy will be done"
"On earth as it is in heaven"

Source: Galerie Fledermaus

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Pallas Athene – Gustav Klimt (1898)

#art #art history #symbolism #symbolic art #art nouveau #vienna secession #secession #gustav klimt #gold #athena #greek myth art #greek mythology #late 1800s #19th century art #20th century art #austrian art #austrian artist

Berlin. Dom & Friedrichsbrücke (1890)

Library of Congress

#history #historical photography #european history #germany #berlin #19th century #late 1800s #city architecture #architecture #old city #old photography #vintage aesthetics #vintage photography #vintage germany

“Spes Nostra” – Gerolamo Cairati (1895)

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The Devonshire House Costume Ball of 1897.

Mademoiselle de Courcel as a Valkyrie by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by Walker & Boutall (1897, published 1899)

#photography #old photo #vintage photography #vintage #vintage aesthetic #history #19th century #1800s #late 1800s #norse mythology #costume ball #valkyrie #mythology #costume