the-garden-of-delights:

“Sunday Morning” by George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924).

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the-garden-of-delights:

“Spring’s New Arrivals” by Charles Louis Baugniet (1814-1886).

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A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman’s life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul’s highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.
George Elliot

artmastered:

ART TIMELINE: 1835

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Venice, La Piazzetta, 1835

Samuel Butler, Mr Heatherley’s Holiday: An Incident in Studio Life, 1874

Caspar David Friedrich, Stages of Life, 1835

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fleurdulys:

Woman Embarking on a Boat near a Kiosque - Jacob Jacobs

1856

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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing. That’s my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.
George Elliot

fleurdulys:

Flora - Gustave Jean Jacquet

19th century

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fleurdulys:

The Miniature - Cecil Jay

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Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
George Elliot

fleurdulys:

Young Lady with Parasol - Karl Albert Buehr

1910

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fleurdulys:

In Central Park, New York - Maurice Prendergast

~1901

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And when a woman’s will is as strong as the man’s who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
George Eliot

fleurdulys:

The Dream - Gustave Jean Jacquet

19th century

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fleurdulys:

Dark Haired Beauty in a Turquoise Dress - Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann

19th century

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fleurdulys:

Young Girl Refreshing - Isaac Israels

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