1790 Mourning PrintOfficially the oldest mourning print Ive had in the shop to date: This stunning black and white engraving dates to 1790 and depicts a mourner beside a funeral urn and weeping angel. I was able to date it to an early bible: Reverend Dr. Paul Wright's The Christians New And Complete British Family Bible. Copper plate engraving on thick, heavy rag paper. Lovingly conserved in a simple gilded wood frame. Refer to photos for size.

It measures approximately 17” in between the shoulder seams

and miracles associated with it

5” x 25”

This one is just under 2” tall & has a leather binding

but finds new life repurposed as a receptacle for rings or studs

North Africa

but it’s so beautiful I knew one of you would find something creative to do with it

The Poison Book Project offers bookmarks that show the different shades of cloth book binding that are likely to contain arsenic

Antique amethyst glass hand vase with a curved horn motif

Transgressive photographer Joel-Peter Witkin draws from 4 different collections of photographs for this monograph of graphic & challenging images he finds inspirational: 19th century insane asylum photos

Late Victorian black ostrich feather fan

which presented a highly romantic and fantastical vision of the middle ages